Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: November 16, 2012

Table 6 Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

Percent
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
 
One Month Earlier
2010 64.4 56.4 65.7 67.0 66.0 52.6 61.9 52.6 52.2 55.1 52.9 60.9
2011 57.7 54.2 56.1 46.8 53.2 49.7 57.1 52.9 51.9 58.0 52.2 65.7
2012 59.0 62.8 42.6 63.3 52.2 56.7 52.2 36.5 52.6
 
Three Months Earlier
2010 68.6 62.2 69.2 67.0 69.9 66.7 60.9 58.0 58.3 55.8 54.2 57.4
2011 62.5 62.5 61.9 51.9 54.8 53.5 56.4 51.0 57.1 55.8 59.3 65.1
2012 68.3 73.1 61.9 57.1 48.4 58.3 50.6 49.0 44.6
 
Six Months Earlier
2010 69.6 64.1 65.7 72.1 72.4 72.1 69.9 68.6 64.1 63.5 57.1 63.8
2011 59.0 61.2 63.1 59.6 59.3 57.1 57.4 53.2 51.9 58.7 57.4 62.8
2012 67.9 72.8 62.8 69.6 64.7 59.6 57.7 48.1 53.8

Note: The diffusion indexes are calculated as the percentage of series that increased over the indicated
span (one, three, or six months) plus one-half the percentage that were unchanged.


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