Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Capacity Utilization: Stage-of-Process: Primary & Semifinished Processing

Title Capacity Utilization: Stage-of-Process: Primary & Semifinished Processing
Series ID CAPUTLB562A3CA
Source Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Percent
Date Range 1948-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-06-28 11:14 AM CDT
Notes

The Federal Reserve Board constructs estimates of capacity and capacity utilization for industries in manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. For a given industry, the capacity utilization rate is equal to an output index (seasonally adjusted) divided by a capacity index. The Federal Reserve Board's capacity indexes attempt to capture the concept of sustainable maximum output -- the greatest level of output a plant can maintain within the framework of a realistic work schedule, after factoring in normal downtime and assuming sufficient availability of inputs to operate the capital in place.

The Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates cover manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. The industrial sector, together with construction, accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle. The industrial detail provided by these measures helps illuminate structural developments in the economy. The industrial production (IP) index measures the real output of all relevant establishments located in the United States, regardless of their ownership, but not those located in U.S. territories. For more information, see the explanatory notes issued by the Board of Governors. For recent updates, see the announcements issued by the Board of Governors.

DATE VALUE
1948-01-01 87.2715
1949-01-01 76.1730
1950-01-01 88.4581
1951-01-01 90.2446
1952-01-01 84.8501
1953-01-01 89.4030
1954-01-01 80.5917
1955-01-01 91.9851
1956-01-01 89.4256
1957-01-01 84.7297
1958-01-01 75.3813
1959-01-01 82.9713
1960-01-01 79.7893
1961-01-01 77.9405
1962-01-01 81.5076
1963-01-01 83.7983
1964-01-01 87.8169
1965-01-01 91.0321
1966-01-01 91.4245
1967-01-01 85.0416
1968-01-01 86.8409
1969-01-01 88.1022
1970-01-01 81.4424
1971-01-01 81.6190
1972-01-01 88.1544
1973-01-01 92.0592
1974-01-01 87.2490
1975-01-01 75.1436
1976-01-01 80.1666
1977-01-01 84.4049
1978-01-01 86.0278
1979-01-01 85.7945
1980-01-01 78.7425
1981-01-01 77.4120
1982-01-01 70.5635
1983-01-01 74.4468
1984-01-01 81.0400
1985-01-01 79.8325
1986-01-01 79.6296
1987-01-01 82.6828
1988-01-01 85.8679
1989-01-01 84.6215
1990-01-01 82.3421
1991-01-01 79.5523
1992-01-01 81.0965
1993-01-01 82.9479
1994-01-01 85.9351
1995-01-01 86.2266
1996-01-01 85.4213
1997-01-01 85.7685
1998-01-01 83.9981
1999-01-01 84.3185
2000-01-01 84.0327
2001-01-01 77.4686
2002-01-01 77.5575
2003-01-01 78.4423
2004-01-01 80.6126
2005-01-01 82.2213
2006-01-01 81.6157
2007-01-01 81.1053
2008-01-01 77.1229
2009-01-01 65.7176
2010-01-01 71.5974
2011-01-01 74.3690
2012-01-01 74.7844
2013-01-01 75.9706
2014-01-01 77.5824
2015-01-01 77.5476
2016-01-01 76.8137
2017-01-01 77.4522
2018-01-01 80.1293
2019-01-01 78.7187
2020-01-01 73.4583
2021-01-01 77.5528
2022-01-01 79.7145
2023-01-01 77.3652

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