The Housing Chronicles Blog: Industrial production up 0.9 percent in December and 8.2 percent in 4Q 2017

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Industrial production up 0.9 percent in December and 8.2 percent in 4Q 2017

Industrial production rose 0.9 percent in December even though manufacturing output only edged up 0.1 percent. For the fourth quarter as a whole, total industrial production jumped 8.2 percent at an annual rate after being held down in the third quarter by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. At 107.5 percent of its 2012 average, the index has increased 3.6 percent since December 2016 for its largest calendar-year gain since 2010.

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