Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: November 16, 2011

Table 6 Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

Percent
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
 
One Month Earlier
2009 34.3 43.6 33.0 40.4 41.3 42.0 59.9 63.5 59.6 52.9 60.3 53.2
2010 64.7 52.6 65.7 68.6 66.7 53.2 60.3 52.9 51.6 57.7 54.8 59.3
2011 61.2 51.3 56.4 45.5 51.0 46.2 60.1 58.3 53.2
 
Three Months Earlier
2009 17.6 23.4 32.4 37.5 33.3 37.8 46.2 58.7 63.5 60.3 62.2 58.3
2010 70.2 62.2 65.7 63.8 74.0 65.4 62.5 57.7 58.3 53.8 55.4 58.3
2011 64.1 61.5 59.9 51.3 54.5 50.6 54.5 53.2 59.0
 
Six Months Earlier
2009 15.7 18.9 22.8 21.2 22.4 29.5 36.2 42.0 51.6 53.8 59.0 66.0
2010 68.6 67.6 67.6 75.0 72.8 72.4 67.9 68.3 64.7 61.5 57.4 60.9
2011 60.3 61.5 65.1 57.7 60.6 57.7 54.2 51.3 50.3

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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