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Industrial Production Declines -0.1%, Capacity Utilization Drops for May 2012

The Federal Reserve's Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization report, G.17, shows a -0.1% decrease in industrial production for May 2012, a sign of more sluggishness for the economy. Manufacturing dropped -0.4%, mining and utilities increased their production, 0.9% and 0.8% respectively. Within manufacturing, motor vehicles & parts dropped -1.5% for May.

Industiral Production Pops Up 1.1% on Utilities for April 2012 - Auto Manufacturers on Fire

The Federal Reserve's Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization report, G.17, shows 1.1% increase in industrial production for April 2012. Manufacturing increased 0.6%, mining 1.6% and utilities increased their production a whopping 4.5% in a course of a month. The April jump in utilities shows just how unusual the January to March warm weather was.

Industrial Production Shows No Growth...Again for March 2012

The Federal Reserve's Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization report, G.17, shows zero change in industrial production for March 2012, the second month in a row. Manufacturing dropped -0.2%, mining was up +0.2% and utilities increased +1.5%. This report is also known as output for factories and mines.

 

Industrial Production Another Zero for February 2012

The Federal Reserve's Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization report, G.17, shows zero change in industrial production for February 2012, but January was revised up, from 0% to 0.4%. Autos has some bad news, the auto & parts index dropped, -1.1% for February, but this is after autos had a meteoric soar of +8.6% in January. This report is also known as output for factories and mines.

Industrial Production Down -0.2%, Capacity Utilization Down for November 2011

The Federal Reserve's Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization report shows a -0.2% decrease for November 2011 Industrial Production. This report is also known as output for factories and mines. Manufacturing alone dropped -0.4%. October's industrial production stayed the same +0.7%.

 

Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization for September 2011 - 0.2%

The Federal Reserve's Factory Production report shows a 0.2% increase for September 2011 Industrial Production, otherwise known as output for factories and mines. For Q3 2011, industrial production increased 5.1%, annualized. August's industrial production was revised down to zero from to 0.2%. Here is the Federal Reserve's detailed report.

 

July 2011 Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization Increase

The Federal Reserve's Factory Production report shows a 0.9% increase for July 2011 Industrial Production, otherwise known as output for factories and mines. June, May and April were all revised, +0.4%, +0.2% and -0.3% respectively. June's revision is a +0.2 percentage point increase. To sum up a conclusion on this month's statistics: reports of America's economic death are greatly exaggerated.

Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization for June 2011

The Federal Reserve's Factory Production report shows a measly 0.2% increase for June 2011 Industrial Production, otherwise known as output for factories and mines. May was revised downward to -0.1%. Manufacturing industrial production flat lined with no change and Japan supply disruptions are to blame according to the Fed. Autos & Parts did drop -2.0% in June, yet generally the market and industry group monthly changes were a mixed bag.

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