Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

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Table 6 Diffusion Indexes of Industrial Production

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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