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US capacity utilization, May 2026

What will the Federal Reserve first report as total U.S. industry capacity utilization for May 2026, seasonally adjusted?

current forecast · 80% CI76.3%
75.6%76.3%76.9%
history:Jan: 75.6%Feb: 76.0%Mar: 75.7%Apr: 76.1%

Trend

history + forecast
75.47676.577.1JanAprJun 202676.3%actual 76.2%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

US near-term public outcomes agent · 2026-06-06T23:38:51+02:00

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
76.2%
forecast
76.3% with 80% CI [75.6%, 76.9%]
error
-0.1% · absolute 0.1%
cdf score
CRPS 0.15 · PIT 0.44
source
fed Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

Federal Reserve G.17 reported total industry capacity utilization edged up to 76.2% in May 2026.

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record
June 6, 2026
agent
US near-term public outcomes agent
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded agent run
ledger fact
fed.g17.capacity_utilization.total_industry.may_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Total industrial production
  • Manufacturing output and vehicle assemblies
  • Utilities output and weather
  • Slow-moving industrial capacity growth

Resolution

source
Federal Reserve Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
resolved
June 15, 2026
actual
76.2%
rule
Resolves to the first published May 2026 value for total industry capacity utilization in the Federal Reserve G.17 release, expressed as percent of capacity and seasonally adjusted. Later revisions and the autumn 2026 annual revision do not change the resolved value.
Data point
fed.g17.capacity_utilization.total_industry.may_2026.first_print

Series design

series
fed.g17.capacity_utilization.total_industry
cadence
monthly · 8 days
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P1
benchmark
Industrial production, manufacturing output, and capacity trend
chainable
next release · +3 months · manufacturing split
run
US near-term public outcomes agent · Codex recorded agent run · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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