Capacity Utilization

America’s output of physically made goods improved 0.9 percent in December 2017 according to the Industrial Production figures from the Federal Reserve.  This strong uptick followed the downwardly revised count of 0.1 percent in November (originally up 0.2 percent).  Versus twelve months earlier, this indicator is 3.6 percent higher.

Industrial production continued growing in November 2017 according to the Federal Reserve.  Rising 0.2 percent, this modest uptick followed the upwardly revised tally of 1.2 percent (originally 0.9 percent) in October.  Including this third consecutive monthly gain, industrial production has increased 3.4 percent during the past year.

America’s output of physically made goods continued growing in October 2017 according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve’s measure of Industrial Production.  After two months of suppression caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, this cyclically sensitive indicator maintains its positive trend.  Notwithstanding the upward trajectory of the headline tally, details we