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
2010	64.4	56.4	65.7	67.0	66.0	52.6	61.9	52.6	52.2	55.1	52.9	60.9
2011	57.7	54.2	56.1	46.8	53.2	49.7	57.1	52.9	51.9	58.0	52.2	65.7
2012	59.0	62.8	42.6	63.3	52.2	55.8	53.8	40.1	52.6	44.2	69.9	61.2
Three Months Earlier
2010	68.6	62.2	69.2	67.0	69.9	66.7	60.9	58.0	58.3	55.8	54.2	57.4
2011	62.5	62.5	61.9	51.9	54.8	53.5	56.4	51.0	57.1	55.8	59.3	65.1
2012	68.3	73.1	61.9	57.1	48.4	58.7	50.3	51.6	45.2	39.4	59.0	61.5
Six Months Earlier
2010	69.6	64.1	65.7	72.1	72.4	72.1	69.9	68.6	64.1	63.5	57.1	63.8
2011	59.0	61.2	63.1	59.6	59.3	57.1	57.4	53.2	51.9	58.7	57.4	62.8
2012	67.9	72.8	62.8	69.6	64.7	59.6	57.1	50.0	54.8	47.8	52.6	56.7

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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