Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: May 15, 2014

Table 6 Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

Percent
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
 
One Month Earlier
2012 62.8 62.8 46.5 67.3 51.3 57.1 52.2 43.6 53.5 53.2 67.3 62.2
2013 55.1 62.2 50.6 51.6 54.5 62.2 50.6 63.5 57.4 53.8 58.7 53.8
2014 39.7 65.7 64.7
 
Three Months Earlier
2012 63.8 71.9 63.0 59.9 53.8 62.8 56.7 51.9 48.1 41.7 60.9 66.3
2013 67.6 63.5 55.4 53.8 51.6 56.1 55.1 64.1 58.7 61.2 61.9 56.1
2014 51.0 58.3 60.9
 
Six Months Earlier
2012 67.0 72.9 64.7 65.3 66.3 61.4 62.5 55.8 59.6 53.2 56.7 62.2
2013 58.3 63.8 65.1 67.6 57.7 56.7 57.4 56.7 57.4 66.3 66.2 64.1
2014 58.0 61.9 68.6

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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