Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Release Date: March 16, 2012

Table 6 Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

Percent
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
 
One Month Earlier
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 47.1 57.1 55.1 51.9 57.1 49.7 63.5
2012 63.6
 
Three Months Earlier
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 51.6 54.8 53.5 60.6 56.7 59.0 62.8
2012 67.0
 
Six Months Earlier
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 58.3 54.5 50.3 50.6 58.0 58.7 64.1
2012 66.0

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 16, 2012