U.S. Industrial Production
The July Industrial production, (IP) report decreased slightly (0.2%) MoM for the month at 109.2. On a year on year, (y/y) basis, the IP index was up 1.2%. Industrial production is a pure measure of [...]
U.S. Manufacturing Capacity Utilization
Manufacturing capacity utilization (MCU), scored a 75.4% in July, down 0.6% month on month (m/m), and down 0.4% year on year (y/y) Figure 1, charts capacity utilization from 2000 to present. The MCU index is [...]
ISM Manufacturing Index
The Institute of Supply Management’s Index moved down 0.5 points on month, (m/m) to 51.2 for July 2019. This value is an encouraging sign for the manufacturing sector. The index has been greater than 50, (>50 [...]
ISM Non-Manufacturing Index
The Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing composite index decreased by 1.4 points month on month, (-3.2% MoM) to 53.7 in July. The ISM nonmanufacturing survey measures the rate and direction of change in activity in [...]
U.S. Manufacturing Capacity Utilization
Manufacturing capacity utilization (MCU), scored a 75.87% in June, up 0.3% month on month, (m/m), its second monthly increase for the year. On a year on year (y/y) comparison the MCU was a modest 0.44%. [...]
U.S. Industrial Production
The June Industrial production, (IP) report remains flat MoM for the month at 109.6. On a year on year, (y/y) basis, the IP index was up 2.0%. Prospects for continued growth in 2018 look promising [...]