TCUCapacity Utilization: Total Index — Current Value & Historical Data
Gray bands: NBER recessions
What is Capacity Utilization: Total Index?
explanatory notes issued by the Board of Governors. For recent updates, see the announcements issued by the Board of Governors.</p>.
Current Capacity Utilization: Total Index Value
As of April 1, 2026, the current capacity utilization: total index is 76.12 Percent. This is the most recent observation available for this series, updated monthly.
Historical Trend
Capacity Utilization: Total Index rose 0.59% month-over-month. Over the past year, capacity utilization: total index fell 0.02% from March 2025. In the series' tracked history, the highest recorded value was 89.39 (January 1967), and the lowest was 64.08 (April 2020).
Methodology & Source
Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Frequency: Monthly
Units: Percent
explanatory notes (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/About.htm) issued by the Board of Governors. For recent updates, see the announcements (https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/g17.html) issued by the Board of Governors.</p>...