Table Data - Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing: Durable Goods: Communications Equipment (NAICS = 3342)

Title Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing: Durable Goods: Communications Equipment (NAICS = 3342)
Series ID CAPUTLG3342SQ
Source Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Percent
Date Range 1972-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Last Updated 2026-04-16 8:21 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
1972-01-01 73.3883
1972-04-01 73.4071
1972-07-01 73.5510
1972-10-01 73.0914
1973-01-01 73.0267
1973-04-01 74.6906
1973-07-01 76.5504
1973-10-01 76.4169
1974-01-01 76.2461
1974-04-01 74.8632
1974-07-01 69.5867
1974-10-01 72.4812
1975-01-01 67.0722
1975-04-01 62.1446
1975-07-01 60.5513
1975-10-01 58.8817
1976-01-01 59.5231
1976-04-01 60.3096
1976-07-01 62.1231
1976-10-01 66.0584
1977-01-01 67.9884
1977-04-01 71.8256
1977-07-01 74.3634
1977-10-01 75.9754
1978-01-01 75.4948
1978-04-01 75.9436
1978-07-01 78.0817
1978-10-01 79.7358
1979-01-01 82.1103
1979-04-01 83.2576
1979-07-01 86.6453
1979-10-01 89.5187
1980-01-01 93.0298
1980-04-01 92.6160
1980-07-01 90.9737
1980-10-01 90.2834
1981-01-01 89.8517
1981-04-01 89.5421
1981-07-01 89.6816
1981-10-01 88.4100
1982-01-01 87.8756
1982-04-01 88.7949
1982-07-01 87.8332
1982-10-01 86.2554
1983-01-01 86.4183
1983-04-01 86.7493
1983-07-01 85.5197
1983-10-01 85.9712
1984-01-01 86.0539
1984-04-01 85.9360
1984-07-01 86.3464
1984-10-01 85.7417
1985-01-01 84.3438
1985-04-01 81.1855
1985-07-01 77.5511
1985-10-01 75.7243
1986-01-01 74.4715
1986-04-01 73.6882
1986-07-01 78.6997
1986-10-01 79.5608
1987-01-01 81.1610
1987-04-01 78.7906
1987-07-01 79.2515
1987-10-01 81.7963
1988-01-01 82.0965
1988-04-01 84.7878
1988-07-01 85.0657
1988-10-01 82.8084
1989-01-01 81.0812
1989-04-01 79.7142
1989-07-01 79.8967
1989-10-01 80.4999
1990-01-01 83.0500
1990-04-01 82.3156
1990-07-01 82.3308
1990-10-01 80.0060
1991-01-01 78.6154
1991-04-01 78.2769
1991-07-01 78.1356
1991-10-01 77.6977
1992-01-01 78.4729
1992-04-01 79.5066
1992-07-01 78.9442
1992-10-01 80.7249
1993-01-01 80.5421
1993-04-01 80.4170
1993-07-01 82.4434
1993-10-01 84.6234
1994-01-01 84.8012
1994-04-01 85.7650
1994-07-01 83.8351
1994-10-01 84.6685
1995-01-01 81.9749
1995-04-01 79.5292
1995-07-01 78.7304
1995-10-01 77.8790
1996-01-01 76.0716
1996-04-01 75.5093
1996-07-01 75.7816
1996-10-01 76.3450
1997-01-01 76.3369
1997-04-01 77.9791
1997-07-01 81.4123
1997-10-01 83.4587
1998-01-01 83.2547
1998-04-01 85.3051
1998-07-01 86.3264
1998-10-01 85.4080
1999-01-01 87.0928
1999-04-01 88.3275
1999-07-01 87.8702
1999-10-01 87.7111
2000-01-01 91.5033
2000-04-01 93.4490
2000-07-01 92.1844
2000-10-01 90.1204
2001-01-01 85.8337
2001-04-01 74.2553
2001-07-01 63.9746
2001-10-01 55.5199
2002-01-01 47.5714
2002-04-01 43.9565
2002-07-01 40.9543
2002-10-01 40.4254
2003-01-01 40.7117
2003-04-01 42.2262
2003-07-01 45.8834
2003-10-01 49.4392
2004-01-01 53.9667
2004-04-01 52.0625
2004-07-01 53.1787
2004-10-01 52.6919
2005-01-01 53.7597
2005-04-01 55.9745
2005-07-01 58.5398
2005-10-01 65.2248
2006-01-01 69.9723
2006-04-01 76.6334
2006-07-01 81.1270
2006-10-01 82.4696
2007-01-01 86.6630
2007-04-01 83.2324
2007-07-01 64.7549
2007-10-01 72.1673
2008-01-01 78.3936
2008-04-01 82.5232
2008-07-01 84.5264
2008-10-01 81.3290
2009-01-01 78.3403
2009-04-01 83.4965
2009-07-01 81.9459
2009-10-01 82.0637
2010-01-01 84.2534
2010-04-01 82.3130
2010-07-01 82.2554
2010-10-01 81.8699
2011-01-01 84.3399
2011-04-01 82.8534
2011-07-01 83.4661
2011-10-01 80.5394
2012-01-01 79.2180
2012-04-01 76.3711
2012-07-01 77.2075
2012-10-01 78.7748
2013-01-01 83.3892
2013-04-01 85.3384
2013-07-01 84.5503
2013-10-01 79.5030
2014-01-01 72.7496
2014-04-01 69.3696
2014-07-01 68.0007
2014-10-01 68.9750
2015-01-01 69.0704
2015-04-01 72.5911
2015-07-01 69.2518
2015-10-01 68.3850
2016-01-01 68.6701
2016-04-01 67.3306
2016-07-01 65.7121
2016-10-01 70.7134
2017-01-01 66.3689
2017-04-01 66.2215
2017-07-01 67.3018
2017-10-01 67.4395
2018-01-01 63.7353
2018-04-01 63.3630
2018-07-01 67.2048
2018-10-01 68.4745
2019-01-01 69.8683
2019-04-01 69.1931
2019-07-01 68.2503
2019-10-01 66.0139
2020-01-01 68.2671
2020-04-01 63.5570
2020-07-01 58.6975
2020-10-01 58.2258
2021-01-01 62.1096
2021-04-01 63.7534
2021-07-01 63.9589
2021-10-01 69.8754
2022-01-01 74.7793
2022-04-01 81.6184
2022-07-01 85.4317
2022-10-01 80.2590
2023-01-01 74.1858
2023-04-01 73.5854
2023-07-01 73.0505
2023-10-01 75.1474
2024-01-01 71.4095
2024-04-01 69.7597
2024-07-01 71.1375
2024-10-01 69.1400
2025-01-01 68.2840
2025-04-01 64.0876
2025-07-01 58.6313
2025-10-01 60.1844
2026-01-01 60.4350

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