Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: January 16, 2015

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 53.5
2014 36.2 63.1 67.0 50.0 58.7 53.2 59.6 47.8 59.6 56.7 62.2
 
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 56.4
2014 49.4 55.1 60.3 68.6 66.3 61.2 65.7 61.5 60.9 57.7 69.2
 
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 57.4 59.0 65.4 63.1 62.5 59.3 72.8 68.3 64.1 65.4 69.9

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: January 16, 2015