B. Industrial materials—Continued 
Durable goods materials 
Seasonally adjusted 
53 
CAPACITY UTILIZATION 
YB 
JAN 
FEB 
BAR 
APB 
HAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG 
SEPT 
OCT 
NOT 
DEC 
Q 1 
Q 2 
Q 3 
Q 4 
ANN, 
AYG. 
67 
89.7 
86.9 
84.6 
•84.2 
83.2 
82.4 
81.5 
84.9 
83.2 
83.6 
84.6 
85.2 
87. 1 
83.3 
83.2 
84.5 
84.5 
68 
85.9 
86.0 
85.7 
86.0 
87.2 
87.2 
86.8 
84.8 
84.7 
85.6 
86.8 
86.8 
85.9 
86.8 
85.4 
86.4 
86. 1 
69 
86.8 
87.7 
87.7 
87.5 
86.1 
87.0 
87.1 
88.3 
88.2 
87.7 
86.0 
84.3 
87.4 
86.9 
87.9 
86.0 
87.0 
70 
eo. 8 
79.3 
79.1 
77.5 
76.8 
76.6 
76.5 
77.7 
75.8 
71.4 
70.1 
73.8 
79.7 
77.0 
76.7 
71.8 
76.3 
71 
75.5 
74.9 
75.0 
74.9 
76.3 
75.7 
72.5 
70.5 
73.3 
75.3 
74.8 
75.5 
75.1 
75.6 
72.1 
75. 2 
74.5 
72 
77.8 
78.3 
78.9 
80.4 
80.7 
80.4 
80.2 
82.0 
83.5 
84.9 
86.3 
87.7 
78.4 
80.5 
81.9 
86.3 
81.8 
73 
88. 1 
89.1 
89.0 
89.6 
89.6 
90. 8 
91.8 
91.3 
91.2 
91.7 
91.7 
90.0 
88.7 
90.0 
91.4 
91. 1 
90.3 
74 
87.5 
85.8 
85.3 
84.2 
85.7 
86.2 
85.4 
84.6 
85.2 
84.7 
80.9 
75.5 
86.2 
85.4 
85.1 
80.4 
84.3 
75 
72.4 
69.0 
66.9 
66.7 
65.0 
65. 3 
64.4 
67.2 
68.5 
69.0 
69.8 
70.6 
69.4 
65.6 
66.7 
69.8 
67.9 
76 
72.2 
74.2 
74.3 
74.9 
76.2 
76.6 
77.0 
77.6 
77.7 
77.6 
78.4 
78.8 
73.5 
75.9 
77.5 
78.3 
76.3 
77 
79. 1 
79.4 
80.3 
81.5 
81.9 
82.6 
81.8 
81.2 
81.3 
82.5 
82.4 
83. 1 
79.6 
82.0 
81.5 
82.7 
81.4 
78 
82.9 
81.3 
81.5 
83.6 
84.0 
84. 4 
85.8 
85.9 
86.7 
87.7 
88.6 
89.8 
81.9 
84.0 
86. 1 
88.7 
85.2 
79 
88.0 
88.4 
88.2 
86. 1 
86.2 
86.9 
86.0 
84.8 
84.3 
84.3 
83.7 
83.4 
88.2 
86.4 
85.0 
83.8 
85.9 
80 
83.3 
82.6 
82. 1 
79.6 
75.0 
72.0 
70.3 
72.1 
73.0 
75. 1 
78.8 
78.6 
82.6 
75.5 
71.8 
77.5 
76.9 
81 
78.6 
78.0 
78.4 
78.3 
78.1 
77.6 
78.7 
79.3 
77.3 
75.8 
74.3 
71.7 
78.4 
78.0 
78.5 
73.9 
77.2 
82 
69.2 
70.1 
68.4 
67.0 
65.4 
64.9 
64.2 
63.7 
62.5 
61.1 
61.0 
60.9 
69.2 
65.8 
63.5 
61.0 
64.9 
83 
63.6 
64.7 
65.8 
67. 1 
67.9 
68. 5 
70.8 
72.0 
73.7 
74.9 
75.8 
76.4 
64.7 
67.8 
72.2 
75.7 
70. 1 
84 
78.7 
79.8 
80.0 
80.4 
80.2 
80.4 
80.9 
81.3 
80.8 
80.3 
80.2 
79.7 
79.5 
80.3 
81.0 
80. 1 
80.2 
INDEX, 1977 
YR 
JAN 
FEB 
HAB 
APB 
HAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG 
SEPT 
OCT 
NOT 
DEC 
Q 1 
Q 2 
Q 3 
Q 4 
ANN, 
AYG, 
67 
77.3 
75.2 
73.5 
73.3 
72.7 
72.2 
71.7 
75.0 
73.6 
74.3 
75.4 
76.2 
75.3 
72.8 
73.4 
75.3 
74.2 
68 
77. 1 
77.4 
77.4 
77.9 
79.2 
79.4 
79.3 
77.7 
77.9 
79.0 
80.3 
80.6 
77.3 
78.9 
78.3 
80.0 
78.6 
69 
80. 8 
82.0 
82.3 
82.4 
81.4 
82.6 
82.9 
84.4 
84.6 
84.4 
83. 1 
81.7 
81.7 
82. 1 
84.0 
83. 1 
82.7 
70 
78.5 
77.3 
77.3 
75.8 
75.4 
75.3 
75.4 
76.8 
75. 1 
70.9 
69.8 
73.6 
77.7 
75.5 
75.8 
71.5 
75. 1 
71 
75.5 
75.0 
75.3 
75.4 
77.0 
76.4 
73.4 
71.5 
74.5 
76.6 
76.3 
77.1 
75.3 
76.2 
73.1 
76.7 
75.4 
72 
79.9 
80.7 
81.5 
83.2 
83.7 
83.7 
83.6 
85.7 
87.6 
89.2 
90.9 
92.6 
80.7 
83.5 
85.7 
90.9 
85.2 
73 
93.4 
94.7 
94.9 
95.8 
96.2 
97.8 
99. 1 
98.9 
99. 1 
99.9 
100.3 
98.7 
94.3 
96.6 
99.0 
99.6 
97.4 
74 
96.3 
94.8 
94.5 
93.7 
95.7 
96.6 
96.0 
95.5 
96.5 
96.3 
92.3 
86.4 
95.2 
95.3 
96.0 
91.7 
94.6 
75 
83.1 
79.4 
77. 1 
77.0 
75.2 
75.7 
74.8 
78.2 
79.9 
80.6 
81.7 
82.8 
79.9 
75.9 
77.6 
81.7 
78.8 
76 
84.8 
87.3 
87.7 
88.6 
90.4 
91.0 
91.7 
92.7 
93.0 
93.0 
94.3 
94.9 
86.6 
90.0 
92.5 
94.0 
90.8 
77 
95.4 
96.1 
97.5 
99.2 
100. 1 
101. 3 
100.6 
100.1 
100.6 
102.4 
102.6 
103.8 
96.3 
100.2 
100.4 
102.9 
100.0 
78 
103.8 
102.2 
102.8 
105.8 
106.7 
107. 6 
109.8 
110.3 
111.7 
113.4 
114.9 
116.9 
102.9 
106.7 
110.6 
115. 1 
108.8 
79 
114.9 
115.9 
116. 1 
113.7 
114.3 
115.6 
114.8 
113.6 
113.4 
113.7 
113.4 
113.4 
115.6 
114.5 
113.9 
113.5 
114.4 
80 
113.5 
112.8 
112.4 
109.3 
103.2 
99.3 
97.2 
100.0 
101.5 
104.6 
109.9 
110.0 
112.9 
103.9 
99.5 
108.2 
106. 1 
81 
110.2 
109.7 
110.5 
110.6 
110.7 
110.2 
112.0 
113.1 
110.6 
108.7 
106.8 
103.4 
110.1 
110.5 
111.9 
106.3 
109.7 
82 
99.8 
101.3 
98.9 
97.0 
94.8 
94.2 
93.3 
92.7 
90.9 
89. 1 
89.0 
89.0 
100.0 
95.3 
92.3 
89.0 
94.2 
83 
93.0 
94.8 
96.7 
98.7 
100. 1 
101. 2 
104.9 
106.9 
109.6 
111.6 
113. 1 
114.2 
94.8 
100.0 
107. 1 
113.0 
103.7 
84 
118. 1 
120. 1 
120.6 
121.6 
121.7 
122.4 
123.5 
124.4 
124.0 
123.7 
123.9 
123.4 
119.6 
121.9 
124.0 
123.7 
122.3 
PERCENT OF 1977 OUTPUT 
YR 
JAN 
FEB 
HAB 
APR 
HAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG 
67 
86.2 
86.5 
86.8 
87. 1 
87.4 
87.7 
88.0 
88.3 
68 
89.7 
90.0 
90.3 
90.5 
90.8 
91. 1 
91.4 
91.7 
69 
93. 1 
93.5 
93.8 
94.2 
94.5 
94.9 
95.2 
95.6 
70 
97.2 
97.5 
97.7 
97.9 
98.2 
98.4 
98.6 
98.8 
71 
100.0 
100.2 
100.4 
100.6 
100.8 
101.0 
101.2 
101.4 
72 
102.7 
103.0 
103.2 
103.5 
103.8 
104.0 
104.3 
104.6 
73 
106.0 
106.3 
106.6 
107.0 
107.3 
107.6 
108.0 
108.3 
74 
110.0 
110.4 
110.8 
111.2 
111.6 
112. 1 
112.5 
112.9 
75 
114.8 
115.0 
115.2 
115.5 
115.7 
115. 9 
116. 1 
116.4 
76 
117.5 
117.8 
118.0 
118.3 
118.6 
118. 8 
119.1 
119.4 
77 
120.6 
121.0 
121.4 
121.8 
122.1 
122.5 
122.9 
123.3 
78 
125.3 
125.7 
126.2 
126.6 
127.0 
127. 5 
127.9 
128.4 
79 
130.6 
131.1 
131.6 
132. 1 
132.5 
133. 0 
133.5 
134.0 
80 
136.3 
136.7 
137.0 
137.3 
137.6 
137.9 
138.3 
138.6 
81 
140.2 
140.6 
140.9 
141.3 
141.6 
142.0 
142.3 
142.7 
82 
144.3 
144.5 
144.6 
144. 8 
144.9 
145. 1 
145.2 
145.4 
83 
146.2 
146.5 
146.8 
147. 1 
147.5 
147.8 
148.1 
148.4 
84 
150.0 
150.4 
150.9 
151.3 
151.8 
152.2 
152.7 
153.1 
88.5 
92.0 
95.9 
99. 1 
101.6 
104.9 
108.7 
113.3 
116.6 
119.6 
123.7 
128.8 
134.5 
138.9 
143.0 
145.5 
148.7 
153.6 
92.3 
96.3 
99.3 
NOT DEC 
89.1 89.4 
92.5 92.8 
96.6 96.9 
99.5 99.8 
101.8 102.0 102.2 
105.1 105.4 105.7 
109.0 109.3 109.7 
113.7 114.1 114.5 
116.8 117.0 117.3 
119.9 120.2 120.4 
124. 1 124.5 124.9 
129.2 129.7 130.1 
135.0 .135.4 135.9 
139.2 139.6 139.9 
143.4 143.7 144.1 
145.7 145.8 146.0 
149.0 149.3 149.6 
154.0 154.4 154.9 
Q 1 
Q 2 
Q 3 
Q 4 
ANN. 
AVG, 
86.5 
87.4 
88.3 
89. 1 
87.8 
90.0 
90.8 
91.7 
92.5 
91.3 
93.5 
94.5 
95.6 
96.6 
95.0 
97.5 
98.2 
98.8 
99.5 
98.5 
100.2 
100.8 
101.4 
102.0 
101.1 
103.0 
103.8 
104.6 
105.4 
104.2 
106.3 
107.3 
108.3 
109.3 
107.8 
110.4 
111.6 
112.9 
114. 1 
112.3 
115.0 
115.7 
116.4 
117.0 
116.0 
117.8 
118.6 
119.4 
120.2 
119.0 
121.0 
122. 1 
123.3 
124.5 
122.7 
125.7 
127.0 
128.4 
129.7 
127.7 
131.1 
132.5 
134.0 
135.4 
133.3 
136.7 
137.6 
138.6 
139.6 
138.1 
140.6 
141.6 
142.7 
143.7 
142.2 
144.5 
144.9 
145.4 
145.8 
145.2 
146.5 
147.5 
148.4 
149.3 
147.9 
150.4 
151.8 
153.1 
154.4 
152.4