Table 8B CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Total Industry Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <1> Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Capacity | | | (percent of | | | 2002 output) | | | 1978 | 86.7 86.9 87.1 87.3 87.5 87.7 87.9 88.1 88.3 88.4 88.6 88.7 | 86.9 87.5 88.1 88.6 | 87.8 1979 | 88.9 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.5 89.6 89.8 89.9 90.0 90.2 90.3 90.5 | 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 | 89.7 | | | 1980 | 90.6 90.7 90.9 91.0 91.2 91.3 91.4 91.6 91.7 91.9 92.0 92.2 | 90.7 91.2 91.6 92.0 | 91.4 1981 | 92.4 92.5 92.7 92.8 93.0 93.1 93.3 93.4 93.6 93.7 93.9 94.0 | 92.5 93.0 93.4 93.9 | 93.2 1982 | 94.2 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.7 94.8 94.9 94.9 95.0 95.0 95.0 | 94.3 94.6 94.9 95.0 | 94.7 1983 | 95.0 95.0 95.0 94.9 94.9 94.9 94.9 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.9 | 95.0 94.9 94.8 94.8 | 94.9 1984 | 94.9 94.9 95.0 95.1 95.2 95.3 95.4 95.5 95.6 95.8 95.9 96.1 | 94.9 95.2 95.5 95.9 | 95.4 | | | 1985 | 96.2 96.4 96.6 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.3 97.4 97.6 97.7 97.9 98.0 | 96.4 96.9 97.4 97.9 | 97.1 1986 | 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.9 99.0 99.1 | 98.2 98.5 98.8 99.0 | 98.6 1987 | 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.9 100.0 100.1 100.1 100.2 100.3 | 99.3 99.7 100.0 100.2 | 99.8 1988 | 100.3 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.5 100.5 100.5 100.6 100.6 100.7 100.8 100.8 | 100.4 100.5 100.6 100.8 | 100.5 1989 | 100.9 101.1 101.2 101.3 101.4 101.6 101.7 101.9 102.0 102.2 102.4 102.5 | 101.1 101.4 101.9 102.4 | 101.7 | | | 1990 | 102.7 102.8 103.0 103.1 103.3 103.4 103.6 103.7 103.9 104.0 104.2 104.3 | 102.8 103.3 103.7 104.2 | 103.5 1991 | 104.4 104.6 104.7 104.9 105.0 105.1 105.3 105.4 105.5 105.6 105.7 105.8 | 104.6 105.0 105.4 105.7 | 105.2 1992 | 105.9 106.0 106.1 106.2 106.3 106.4 106.5 106.6 106.6 106.7 106.8 106.9 | 106.0 106.3 106.6 106.8 | 106.4 1993 | 107.0 107.1 107.2 107.2 107.3 107.4 107.5 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 108.0 | 107.1 107.3 107.6 107.9 | 107.5 1994 | 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.5 108.6 108.8 108.9 109.1 109.3 109.4 109.6 109.8 | 108.2 108.6 109.1 109.6 | 108.9 | | | 1995 | 110.0 110.2 110.4 110.6 110.8 111.1 111.3 111.5 111.7 111.9 112.1 112.3 | 110.2 110.8 111.5 112.1 | 111.2 1996 | 112.5 112.8 113.0 113.2 113.4 113.7 113.9 114.1 114.4 114.7 115.0 115.3 | 112.8 113.4 114.2 115.0 | 113.8 1997 | 115.6 115.9 116.3 116.7 117.1 117.5 117.9 118.3 118.7 119.2 119.6 120.0 | 115.9 117.1 118.3 119.6 | 117.7 1998 | 120.4 120.9 121.3 121.7 122.1 122.4 122.8 123.2 123.5 123.8 124.1 124.4 | 120.9 122.1 123.2 124.1 | 122.5 1999 | 124.7 125.0 125.3 125.6 125.8 126.1 126.3 126.5 126.7 127.0 127.2 127.3 | 125.0 125.8 126.5 127.2 | 126.1 | | | 2000 | 127.5 127.7 127.9 128.1 128.2 128.4 128.5 128.7 128.8 129.0 129.1 129.2 | 127.7 128.2 128.7 129.1 | 128.4 2001 | 129.4 129.5 129.7 129.8 130.0 130.1 130.2 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.8 130.9 | 129.5 130.0 130.4 130.8 | 130.2 2002 | 131.0 131.1 131.1 131.2 131.2 131.2 131.2 131.1 131.1 131.0 130.9 130.8 | 131.1 131.2 131.1 130.9 | 131.1 2003 | 130.6 130.5 130.4 130.3 130.2 130.1 130.1 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 129.9 | 130.5 130.2 130.0 130.0 | 130.2 2004 | 129.9 130.0 130.0 130.0 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.9 129.8 129.8 129.8 | 130.0 129.9 129.9 129.8 | 129.9 | | | 2005 | 129.7 129.7 129.7 129.7 129.7 129.8 129.8 129.9 129.9 130.0 130.1 130.2 | 129.7 129.7 129.9 130.1 | 129.9 2006 | 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.7 130.8 130.9 131.0 131.1 131.2 131.3 131.4 | 130.4 130.7 131.0 131.3 | 130.9 2007 | 131.5 131.5 131.6 131.7 131.8 131.9 132.0 132.1 132.2 132.3 132.4 132.5 | 131.5 131.8 132.1 132.4 | 132.0 2008 | 132.7 132.8 | | | | | Utilization | | | (percent) | | | 1978 | 82.4 82.6 83.8 85.4 85.4 85.8 85.5 85.6 85.6 86.1 86.5 86.8 | 82.9 85.5 85.6 86.4 | 85.1 1979 | 85.9 86.3 86.3 85.2 85.7 85.5 85.1 84.3 84.1 84.4 84.1 84.0 | 86.2 85.5 84.5 84.1 | 85.1 | | | 1980 | 84.2 84.0 83.6 81.6 79.4 78.2 77.5 77.6 78.7 79.5 80.8 81.1 | 83.9 79.7 77.9 80.5 | 80.5 1981 | 80.4 79.8 80.1 79.4 79.8 80.1 80.5 80.2 79.5 78.7 77.7 76.7 | 80.1 79.8 80.1 77.7 | 79.4 1982 | 75.0 76.3 75.6 74.8 74.2 73.8 73.4 72.7 72.4 71.7 71.3 70.6 | 75.6 74.2 72.8 71.2 | 73.5 1983 | 72.0 71.5 72.1 72.9 73.4 73.8 74.9 75.8 76.8 77.4 77.5 77.9 | 71.9 73.4 75.8 77.6 | 74.7 1984 | 79.4 79.6 79.9 80.2 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.5 80.2 80.0 80.1 80.1 | 79.6 80.5 80.5 80.1 | 80.2 | | | 1985 | 79.7 80.0 79.9 79.7 79.6 79.5 79.0 79.2 79.4 79.0 79.1 79.8 | 79.9 79.6 79.2 79.3 | 79.5 1986 | 80.2 79.4 78.8 78.8 78.8 78.6 78.8 78.5 78.6 78.8 79.1 79.6 | 79.5 78.7 78.6 79.2 | 79.0 1987 | 79.2 80.1 80.1 80.4 80.8 81.1 81.4 81.8 81.9 83.0 83.3 83.6 | 79.8 80.8 81.7 83.3 | 81.4 1988 | 83.6 83.9 84.0 84.4 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.7 84.4 84.7 84.9 85.2 | 83.8 84.3 84.5 84.9 | 84.4 1989 | 85.3 84.8 85.0 84.8 84.1 84.0 83.0 83.6 83.2 82.9 82.9 83.4 | 85.1 84.3 83.2 83.1 | 83.9 | | | 1990 | 82.7 83.3 83.5 83.2 83.2 83.3 83.0 83.1 83.1 82.4 81.2 80.5 | 83.2 83.2 83.1 81.4 | 82.7 1991 | 80.0 79.3 78.7 78.8 79.4 80.1 80.0 80.0 80.6 80.3 80.1 79.6 | 79.3 79.5 80.2 80.0 | 79.8 1992 | 78.9 79.4 79.9 80.4 80.5 80.3 80.9 80.3 80.4 80.8 81.0 80.9 | 79.4 80.4 80.5 80.9 | 80.3 1993 | 81.2 81.4 81.3 81.5 81.1 81.1 81.3 81.2 81.4 81.9 82.1 82.4 | 81.3 81.2 81.3 82.1 | 81.5 1994 | 82.6 82.5 83.1 83.3 83.5 83.9 83.8 83.9 83.8 84.2 84.4 85.0 | 82.7 83.5 83.8 84.5 | 83.7 | | | 1995 | 85.0 84.7 84.4 84.1 83.9 83.9 83.3 84.1 84.0 83.4 83.3 83.3 | 84.7 84.0 83.8 83.4 | 84.0 1996 | 82.3 83.3 82.8 83.3 83.5 83.9 83.4 83.5 83.6 83.2 83.6 83.8 | 82.8 83.6 83.5 83.6 | 83.4 1997 | 83.5 84.0 84.2 83.6 83.6 83.5 83.4 84.0 84.3 84.5 84.8 84.6 | 83.9 83.5 83.9 84.6 | 84.0 1998 | 84.5 84.1 83.7 83.7 83.9 82.9 82.0 83.4 82.6 82.8 82.3 82.2 | 84.1 83.5 82.7 82.4 | 83.2 1999 | 82.1 82.1 81.8 81.5 81.9 81.3 81.4 81.6 81.0 81.8 82.0 82.3 | 82.0 81.6 81.3 82.0 | 81.7 | | | 2000 | 81.9 81.8 81.8 82.0 81.8 81.7 81.2 80.8 81.0 80.4 80.2 79.7 | 81.8 81.8 81.0 80.1 | 81.2 2001 | 79.1 78.5 78.2 78.0 77.5 77.0 76.7 76.4 75.9 75.4 75.0 74.8 | 78.6 77.5 76.3 75.1 | 76.9 2002 | 75.3 75.2 75.7 76.0 76.3 76.9 76.7 76.7 76.8 76.6 76.9 76.5 | 75.4 76.4 76.7 76.7 | 76.3 2003 | 77.0 77.2 77.1 76.4 76.4 76.5 76.8 76.7 77.1 77.1 77.7 77.6 | 77.1 76.4 76.8 77.4 | 77.0 2004 | 77.7 78.1 77.6 78.0 78.6 77.9 78.5 78.6 78.5 79.3 79.6 80.1 | 77.8 78.2 78.6 79.7 | 78.5 | | | 2005 | 80.4 80.8 80.8 80.6 80.9 81.2 81.0 81.0 79.3 80.1 80.9 81.2 | 80.6 80.9 80.4 80.7 | 80.7 2006 | 81.2 81.0 81.1 81.3 81.0 81.3 81.4 81.4 80.9 80.8 80.5 80.9 | 81.1 81.2 81.2 80.7 | 81.1 2007 | 80.6 81.1 80.9 81.2 81.1 81.2 81.4 81.3 81.4 80.9 81.1 81.1 | 80.9 81.1 81.4 81.0 | 81.1 2008 | 81.1 80.5 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates from October 2007 through February 2008 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. <1> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.