factory utilization

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.

 

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 September2010

The Federal Reserve's Factory Production report shows a -0.2% decrease for September 2010 in Industrial Production. Here is a detailed report. Here's something not good, although the Fed is referring to the slowdown in growth, Industrial Production is up 3.6% for Q3 2010. Below is a quote from the report:

The index for manufacturing decelerated sharply in the third quarter

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