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FEDERAL

RESERVE

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April 18, 1972

E.5

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CAPACITY UTILIZATION IN MANUFACTURING
Quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted
Year and
Quarter
Total
manufacturing

Capacity
Manufacturing Output
Utilization
and capacity
(per cent)
(1967 product ion=100)
Advanced
Primary
process- processOutput
Capacity
ing
ing

1968
1969
1970r
1971

87.7
86.5
78.2
74.4

86.8
88.5
81.5
78.8

88.1
85.4
76.4
72.1

105.6
110.4
105.2
104.7

120.5
127.7
134.6
140.7

1968 I
II
III
IV

87.9
88.1
87.6
87.2

86.1
87.6
86.6
87.0

88.8
88.3.
88.2
87.3

103.5
105.3
106.3
107.3

117.9
119.6
121.3
123.0

1969 I r
II r
III r
IV r

87.7
87.1
86.9

87.1
86.2
85.8
82.5

109.5
110.4

84.3

88.6
88.7
88.9
87.7

124.9
126.8
128.7
130.5

1970 I pr
II pr
III pr
IVpr

80.7
79.7
78.2
74.1

83.5
82.4
81 .6
78.4

79.3
78.3
76.3
71.8

106.7
105.8
101.5

132.2
133 .8
135.3
136.9

1971 I pr
II pr
III pr
IV p

74.7
75.4
73.9

79.1
80.9
77.4

72.4
72.4
72.0

103 .5
105.5
104.5

138.4
139.9
141.4

73.8

77.9

71. 6c

105. 4c

142 9 c

1972 I p

74.5

79.2

71.9

107.4

144.1

111.8
110.1

106.7

Note—Based on data from Federal Reserve, McGraw-Hill Economics Department
and Department of Commerce. For description and back data, see Federal
Reserve Bulletin, November 1966, pp. 1605-15 and also October 1971. Capacity
and capacity utilization series were revised to utilize the 1967 base industrial production index in October, 1971
p—preliminary




r--revised