Table 6 REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted Difference between Revised rate revised and earlier rat (percentage points) | 1967- 1988- 1990- | Item | 1997 1989 1991 1996 1997 1998 | 1996 1997 1998 | Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Total index | 82.1 85.4 78.1 82.2 83.4 81.5 | -.1 .2 .4 | | Manufacturing | 81.1 85.7 76.6 81.3 82.5 80.3 | -.1 .3 .6 | | Primary processing | 82.3 88.9 77.7 85.4 85.3 83.0 | -.5 -.7 -.7 Advanced processing | 80.5 84.2 76.1 79.6 81.4 79.3 | .2 1.0 1.5 | | Durable | 79.4 84.6 73.1 80.2 82.1 79.9 | -.2 .5 1.4 Lumber and products 24 | 82.5 93.6 75.5 82.1 81.3 81.9 | -.6 .1 -1.2 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 81.4 86.6 72.5 79.2 77.9 77.5 | -1.8 -2.1 .4 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 78.2 83.5 69.7 80.9 80.7 81.8 | -.5 -1.4 1.7 | | Primary metals 33 | 81.1 92.7 73.7 90.7 92.0 85.5 | -.1 -.3 .0 Iron and steel 331,2 | 81.1 95.2 71.8 90.9 91.8 82.3 | .7 .0 -.5 Raw steel | 80.9 92.7 71.5 88.8 90.0 84.0 | .1 .1 -.6 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 81.3 89.3 74.2 90.5 92.3 89.7 | -1.0 -.9 .7 Fabricated metal products 34 | 78.0 82.0 71.9 80.3 78.8 76.2 | -.3 -.8 -.1 Industrial machinery | | and equipment 35 | 81.3 85.4 72.3 84.4 85.4 85.7 | -.4 .9 1.1 Computer and office equip. 357 | 81.2 86.9 66.9 83.3 83.5 82.5 | .8 3.7 -.9 Electrical machinery 36 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 81.3 81.7 76.2 | -.7 .2 .1 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 3672-9 | 80.0 81.1 75.6 82.7 83.8 75.0 | -.6 -1.3 -1.4 | | Transportation equipment 37 | 75.9 85.8 68.5 72.2 80.0 78.1 | .3 2.0 4.1 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 76.8 89.1 55.9 74.4 81.3 74.0 | 2.3 4.2 4.5 Autos and light trucks | 92.3 53.3 79.6 87.6 77.3 | 3.0 5.5 4.1 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 75.0 87.3 79.2 69.3 78.4 83.7 | -2.2 -.7 3.4 Instruments 38 | 81.7 81.4 77.2 79.1 80.8 80.3 | -.4 .3 1.2 Miscellaneous 39 | 75.6 79.0 71.7 80.1 79.7 77.7 | .9 -.7 .0 | | Nondurable | 83.4 87.3 80.7 82.8 83.3 81.1 | .2 .4 .1 Foods 20 | 83.0 85.4 82.7 81.6 82.1 80.3 | .7 1.6 1.4 Textile mill products 22 | 85.7 90.4 77.7 85.5 84.7 83.5 | 3.0 .4 1.4 Apparel products 23 | 81.1 85.1 75.5 79.1 76.2 73.9 | 2.2 .8 .5 Paper and products 26 | 89.2 93.5 85.0 87.8 89.3 86.8 | -.7 -.3 -1.3 | | Printing and publishing 27 | 85.8 91.7 79.6 82.1 85.1 82.1 | .7 1.0 1.7 Chemicals and products 28 | 79.5 86.2 79.3 79.5 79.8 77.2 | -.2 .4 .0 Petroleum products 29 | 86.6 88.5 85.1 94.5 95.2 96.8 | .1 .3 -.3 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 84.5 89.6 77.4 86.2 85.5 84.0 | -1.7 -2.1 -3.0 Leather and products 31 | 80.8 83.3 76.1 70.9 66.9 63.4 | -.4 -1.0 -1.5 | | Mining | 87.5 88.0 87.0 88.1 88.6 86.6 | -.2 -.9 -2.2 Metal mining 10 | 79.1 89.4 79.9 90.8 92.2 87.8 | .4 -.1 .7 Coal mining 12 | 86.6 91.5 83.4 84.2 84.5 87.1 | -2.0 -4.2 -2.3 Oil and gas extraction 13 | 88.6 88.2 88.7 88.9 89.6 86.1 | .2 -.6 -2.8 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 84.8 89.0 79.4 86.3 85.5 85.8 | -.5 1.5 -2.1 | | Utilities | 87.3 92.6 83.4 89.4 90.8 94.5 | -.6 -.1 1.3 Electric 491,3pt | 89.2 95.0 87.1 90.8 93.2 98.0 | -.1 1.0 2.3 Gas 492,3pt | 82.4 85.0 67.1 83.7 81.1 80.0 | -1.6 -3.3 -2.1 | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | Computers, communications eq., and | | semiconductors | 80.3 81.9 72.4 81.4 82.0 76.9 | .2 .7 .2 | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | communications eq., and | | semiconductors | 81.2 86.1 76.8 81.3 82.6 80.8 | -.1 .3 .8 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Series begins in 1977. Note - The "high" columns refer to periods in which utilization generally peaked; the "low" columns refer to recession years in which utilization generally bottomed out. The monthly highs and lows are specific to each series, and all did not occur in the same month.