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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.

Durable Goods New Orders Declined -2.1% for Advance Report, June 2011

New Orders in Durable Goods decreased -2.1% for June 2011. New Orders has declined the last two months out of three.

Core capital goods new orders decreased -0.4%, after gaining 1.7% last month. Core capital goods is an investment gauge for the bet the private sector is placing on America's future economic growth.

 

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