March 18 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Board report of U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization, seasonally adjusted (2017=100).
Total Industrial: Feb Jan Dec Feb25/24 Production, Pct Change 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.4 Previous Estimates 0.5 1.0 Production Index 104.2 103.4 103.2
Feb Jan Dec Feb’24 Pct of Capacity Use 78.2 77.7 77.6 78.1 Previous Estimates 77.8 77.5
Pct change: Feb Jan Dec Feb’24 Final Products 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.4 Consumer Goods 0.2 0.8 0.8 Business Equipment 1.6 1.5 2.3 Nonindustrial Supplies 0.3 0.4 1.1 Construc.Supplies 1.0 -0.6 1.5 Materials 1.0 -0.3 1.1 2.3 Manufacturing Industry 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.7 Durable Goods 1.6 UNCH 0.6 Motor Vehicles/Parts 8.5 -5.3 -2.5 Non-Durable Goods 0.2 0.1 0.5 Mining Industry 2.8 -3.2 1.9 UNCH Utilities Industry -2.5 6.1 4.6 8.7
SPECIAL AGGREGATES: Pct change: Feb Jan Dec Feb25/24 High-tech output 1.4 3.5 1.0 12.6 Industrial output ex high-tech 0.7 0.2 1.1 1.2 Industrial output ex cars/parts 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.8
Motor Vehicle Assemblies (million unit annual rates): Feb Jan Dec 10.35 9.28 10.11
Percent of Capacity: Manufacturing, Mining, Utilities:(Seasonally Adj.) Feb Jan Dec Feb’24Manufacturing 77.0 76.4 76.4 77.5Durable Goods 75.0 73.8 74.0Motor Vehicles/Parts 68.4 63.2 66.9Non-Durable Goods 79.0 78.9 78.9Mining 90.3 87.9 90.9 89.7Utilities 73.9 76.1 71.9 70.5
FORECASTS:Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast: U.S. Feb industrial output +0.2 pct U.S. Feb capacity use rate 77.8 pct U.S. Feb factory output +0.3 pct
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