Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: March 15, 2013

Table 6 Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

Percent
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
 
One Month Earlier
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 55.8 53.8 40.1 52.9 46.2 70.5 61.2
2013 51.1
 
Three Months Earlier
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 58.7 50.3 51.6 45.2 39.7 60.3 63.8
2013 70.8
 
Six Months Earlier
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 57.1 50.0 54.8 47.4 53.5 57.7
2013 58.2

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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Last update: March 15, 2013