Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
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Industrial production (IP) ticked up 0.1 percent in June and grew at an annual rate of 4.0 percent in the second quarter. Manufacturing output was unchanged in June but rose at an annual rate of 4.7 percent in the second quarter. The indexes for mining and for utilities both grew 0.4 percent in June. At 102.6 percent of its 2017 average, total IP in June was 1.1 percent above its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization was unchanged at 76.1 percent, a rate that is 3.3 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2025) average.
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: Summary
| Industrial production | 2017=100 | Percent change | |||||||||||
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| 2026 | 2026 | June '25 to June '26 |
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| Jan.[r] | Feb.[r] | Mar.[r] | Apr.[r] | May[r] | June[p] | Jan.[r] | Feb.[r] | Mar.[r] | Apr.[r] | May[r] | June[p] | ||
| Total index | 101.0 | 101.9 | 101.6 | 102.4 | 102.6 | 102.6 | -.4 | .9 | -.3 | .8 | .1 | .1 | 1.1 |
| Previous estimates | 101.1 | 101.9 | 101.6 | 102.5 | 102.6 | -.4 | .8 | -.3 | .9 | .1 | |||
| Major market groups | |||||||||||||
| Final Products | 96.6 | 98.0 | 97.4 | 98.3 | 98.2 | 98.3 | -1.2 | 1.4 | -.6 | 1.0 | -.1 | .1 | .7 |
| Consumer goods | 96.0 | 97.7 | 96.9 | 97.5 | 96.9 | 97.2 | -1.9 | 1.8 | -.8 | .7 | -.6 | .3 | -1.2 |
| Business equipment | 95.6 | 96.1 | 96.1 | 97.7 | 98.6 | 98.3 | .8 | .5 | -.1 | 1.7 | .9 | -.4 | 5.4 |
| Nonindustrial supplies | 98.4 | 98.5 | 99.2 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 99.6 | .4 | .1 | .7 | .2 | .3 | -.2 | 1.8 |
| Construction | 100.0 | 99.9 | 100.6 | 100.3 | 101.3 | 100.9 | 1.2 | -.1 | .7 | -.2 | 1.0 | -.4 | 1.5 |
| Materials | 106.1 | 106.8 | 106.4 | 107.3 | 107.6 | 107.8 | -.1 | .7 | -.4 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 1.3 |
| Major industry groups | |||||||||||||
| Manufacturing (see note below) | 96.3 | 96.9 | 97.1 | 97.8 | 98.0 | 97.9 | .0 | .7 | .2 | .7 | .1 | .0 | 1.1 |
| Previous estimates | 96.3 | 96.9 | 97.1 | 97.8 | 97.9 | .1 | .7 | .2 | .7 | .0 | |||
| Mining | 120.0 | 122.9 | 120.7 | 122.3 | 123.7 | 124.2 | -.1 | 2.5 | -1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .4 | 2.4 |
| Utilities | 110.8 | 111.3 | 109.1 | 110.0 | 109.2 | 109.6 | -3.5 | .4 | -1.9 | .8 | -.7 | .4 | .3 |
| Capacity utilization | Percent of capacity | Capacity growth |
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| Average 1972- 2025 |
1988- 89 high |
1990- 91 low |
1994- 95 high |
2009 low |
2025 June |
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| 2026 | June '25 to June '26 |
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| Jan.[r] | Feb.[r] | Mar.[r] | Apr.[r] | May[r] | June[p] | ||||||||
| Total industry | 79.4 | 85.2 | 78.8 | 85.0 | 66.5 | 76.2 | 75.2 | 75.8 | 75.5 | 76.1 | 76.1 | 76.1 | 1.3 |
| Previous estimates | 75.3 | 75.8 | 75.5 | 76.1 | 76.2 | ||||||||
| Manufacturing (see note below) | 78.2 | 85.5 | 77.2 | 84.6 | 63.4 | 75.6 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 75.2 | 75.7 | 75.8 | 75.7 | 1.1 |
| Previous estimates | 74.7 | 75.1 | 75.2 | 75.7 | 75.7 | ||||||||
| Mining | 85.2 | 86.3 | 84.4 | 88.6 | 78.3 | 85.1 | 84.3 | 86.5 | 84.9 | 86.0 | 87.0 | 87.4 | -.4 |
| Utilities | 84.0 | 93.2 | 84.7 | 93.2 | 78.1 | 71.7 | 71.1 | 71.1 | 69.6 | 70.0 | 69.3 | 69.5 | 3.6 |
| Stage-of-process groups | |||||||||||||
| Crude | 84.5 | 87.9 | 84.9 | 90.0 | 76.5 | 83.4 | 82.2 | 83.7 | 82.9 | 83.4 | 84.1 | 84.1 | -.3 |
| Primary and semifinished | 80.1 | 86.4 | 77.9 | 87.7 | 63.5 | 76.0 | 75.4 | 75.7 | 75.4 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 75.9 | 1.6 |
| Finished | 76.6 | 83.3 | 77.4 | 80.7 | 66.3 | 73.7 | 72.4 | 73.0 | 72.9 | 73.7 | 73.4 | 73.3 | 1.4 |
Market Groups
The major market groups posted mixed results in June. The output of consumer goods stepped up 0.3 percent, reflecting increases in the indexes for both durable and nondurable consumer goods. The output of business equipment decreased 0.4 percent, with declines in the indexes for information processing and for industrial and other equipment more than offsetting an increase in the index for transit equipment. The output of defense and space equipment stepped up 0.2 percent, while production of construction supplies declined 0.4 percent. The index for business supplies was unchanged, while the index for materials ticked up 0.1 percent.
Industry Groups
Manufacturing output was unchanged in June, with a decrease of 0.1 percent in the index for durable manufacturing offsetting an increase of 0.2 percent in the index for nondurable manufacturing. Within durables, more industry groups posted losses than gains, with the indexes for wood products, for nonmetallic mineral products, for machinery, and for electrical equipment, appliances, and components each declining more than 0.5 percent. The uptick in nondurable manufacturing output was led by a 2.1 percent increase in the production of petroleum and coal products.
Mining output rose 0.4 percent in June after moving up in both April and May. The index for utilities rose 0.4 percent in June, with an increase in the index for electric utilities more than offsetting a drop in the index for natural gas utilities. In the second quarter, mining output grew at an annual rate of 7.5 percent, while utilities output declined at an annual rate of 2.8 percent.
Capacity utilization for manufacturing edged down 0.1 percentage point to 75.7 percent in June, which is 2.5 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2025) average. The operating rate for mining rose 0.4 percentage point to 87.4 percent, and the operating rate for utilities edged up 0.2 percentage point to 69.5 percent. The utilization rate for mining was 2.2 percentage points above its long-run average, while the rate for utilities remained substantially below its long-run average.
Revision of Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
The Federal Reserve Board plans to issue its annual revision to the indexes of industrial production (IP) and the related measures of capacity utilization in the autumn of 2026. The base year for the revised indexes will be 2022. New annual benchmark data for manufacturing from the Census Bureau for 2023 will be incorporated, as well as other annual data, including information on the mining of metallic and nonmetallic minerals (except fuels). The updated IP indexes will include revisions to the monthly indicator (either product data or input data) and to seasonal factors for each industry. In addition, the estimation methods for some series may be changed. Any modifications to the methods for estimating the output of an industry will affect the index from 1972 to the present.
Capacity and capacity utilization will be revised to incorporate data for manufacturing through the fourth quarter of 2025 from the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization, along with new data on capacity from the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Energy, and other organizations.
Note. The statistics in this release cover output, capacity, and capacity utilization in the U.S. industrial sector, which is defined by the Federal Reserve to comprise manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. Mining is defined as all industries in sector 21 of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS); electric and gas utilities are those in NAICS sectors 2211 and 2212. Manufacturing comprises NAICS manufacturing industries (sector 31-33) plus the logging industry and the newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishing industries (except exclusive Internet publishing). Logging and publishing are classified elsewhere in NAICS (under agriculture and information respectively), but historically they were considered to be manufacturing and were included in the industrial sector under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. In December 2002, the Federal Reserve reclassified all of its industrial output data from the SIC system to NAICS.G.17 Release Tables:
- Summary: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
- Chart 1: Industrial Production, Capacity, and Capacity Utilization
- Chart 2: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
- Chart 3: Industrial Production of Selected Industries
- Table 1: Industrial Production: Market and Industry Groups (percent change)
- Table 2: Industrial Production: Special Aggregates and Selected Detail (percent change)
- Table 3: Motor Vehicle Assemblies
- Table 4: Industrial Production Indexes: Market and Industry Group Summary
- Table 5: Industrial Production Indexes: Special Aggregates
- Table 6: Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production
- Table 7: Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing, Mining, and Utilities
- Table 8: Industrial Capacity: Manufacturing, Mining, and Utilities (percent change)
- Table 9: Industrial Production: Gross Value of Products and Nonindustrial Supplies
- Table 10: Gross-Value-Weighted Industrial Production: Stage-of-Process Groups
- Table 11: Historical Statistics for IP, Capacity, and Utilization: Total Industry
- Table 12: Historical Statistics for IP, Capacity, and Utilization: Manufacturing
- Table 13: Historical Statistics for IP, Capacity, and Utilization: Total Industry excluding Selected High-Technology Industries
- Table 14: Historical Statistics for IP, Capacity, and Utilization: Manufacturing excluding Selected High-Technology Industries
- Table 15: Industrial Production: Reliability Estimates