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FEDERAL

RESERVE

statistical
E.5

release
For immediate release:
cJanuary 19, 1976
-t^l.!-;-V_

CAPACITY UTILIZATION IN MANUFACTURING
Quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted

Total
manufacturing

1972
1973
1974
1972 I

II
III
IV
1973 I

II
III
IV
1974 I

II
III
IV
1975 I

II
Illr

IVp

Capacity
Utilization
(per cent)
Primary
processing

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.

.

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Manufacturing Output
and Capacity
(1967 production = 100)
Advanced
processing

Output

Capacity

78.6
83.0
78.9

84.6
89.7
84.4

75.4
79.4
76.0

114.0
125.1
124.0

145.0
150.7
157.1

75.6
77.9
79.4
81.5

80.8
83.5
85.9
88.3

72.9
74.9
75.9
77.8

108.5
112.5
115.5
119.4

143.5
144.5
145.5
146.6

82.8
83.3
83.3
82.6

89.6
90.1
90.0
89.0

79.1
79.7
79.7
79.2

122.5
124.8
126.2
126.7

148.0
149.8
151.6
153.4

80.5
80.1
79.4
75.7

87.3
86.3
85.1
79.0

76.9
76.8
76.3
73.9

124.8
125.3
125.3
120.6

155.0
156.4
157.9
159.3

68.2
67.0
68.9
70.8

68.9
67.2
70.4
74.0

67.9
66.9
68.0
69.0

109.7
108.5
112.4
116.5

160.7
162.0
163.3
164.5

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.
Current data for major materials utilization appear in the FRB Statistical Release
G.12.3
p—preliminary




r—revised