The Housing Chronicles Blog: April industrial production rose for third straight month across all major industries

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

April industrial production rose for third straight month across all major industries

Industrial production advanced 1.0 percent in April for its third consecutive monthly increase and its largest gain since February 2014, largely as a result of widespread increases among its major industries.

At 105.1 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production in April was 2.2 percent above its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector increased 0.6 percentage point in April to 76.7 percent, a rate that is 3.2 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2016) average.

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