United States Industrial Production  1920-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Industrial production in the United States increased by 1.5 percent year-on-year in August 2017, easing from an upwardly revised 2.4 percent growth in the previous month. Manufacturing output rose 1.5 percent, boosted by higher production of chemicals (2.3 percent), food, beverage, and tobacco products (2.8 percent), fabricated metal products (3.3 percent), machinery (4.6 percent), and computer and electronic products (2.9 percent). By contrast, production of motor vehicles and parts shrank 3.6 percent. Also, mining output grew 9.7 percent while utilities output slumped 7.8 percent. Industrial Production in the United States averaged 3.74 percent from 1920 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 62 percent in July of 1933 and a record low of -33.70 percent in February of 1946.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2017-07-14 01:15 PM Industrial Production YoY 2% 1.9% 2.5%
2017-08-17 12:45 PM Industrial Production YoY 2.2% 2.1% 2.1%
2017-09-15 01:15 PM Industrial Production YoY 1.5% 2.4% 2.3%
2017-10-17 01:15 PM Industrial Production YoY 1.5% 2%
2017-11-16 02:15 PM Industrial Production YoY 2.31%
2017-12-15 02:15 PM Industrial Production YoY 3%


United States Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 58.80 56.30 77.50 29.40 [+]
Manufacturing PMI 53.00 52.80 57.90 50.70 [+]
Non Manufacturing PMI 55.30 53.90 62.00 37.60 percent [+]
Services PMI 55.10 56.00 61.00 49.30 Index Points [+]
Composite Pmi 54.60 55.30 61.00 50.00 Index Points [+]
Industrial Production 1.50 2.40 62.00 -33.70 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom -0.90 0.40 16.60 -10.40 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 1.50 1.40 67.90 -39.40 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 76.12 76.88 89.40 66.70 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders -6.80 6.40 22.10 -17.90 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense -7.80 6.40 24.80 -18.60 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation 0.50 0.10 7.50 -6.80 percent [+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation 0.50 0.10 4.60 -7.30 percent [+]
New Orders 466360.00 481081.00 565232.00 223500.00 USD Million [+]
Factory Orders -3.30 3.20 10.20 -9.40 percent [+]
Business Inventories 0.20 0.50 1.30 -2.00 percent [+]
Changes in Inventories 1.80 1.20 132.20 -206.10 USD Billion [+]
Wholesale Inventories 0.60 0.60 2.10 -2.00 percent [+]
Bankruptcies 23443.00 23591.00 82446.00 19695.00 Companies [+]
Corporate Profits 1655.60 1642.70 1741.40 14.40 USD Billion [+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index 105.30 105.20 107.70 80.10 Index Points [+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index 23.80 18.90 58.50 -57.90 Index Points [+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index 14.00 14.00 27.00 -44.00 Index Points [+]
Ism New York Index 56.60 62.80 88.80 23.40 percent [+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index 24.40 25.20 38.99 -34.30 Index Points [+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index 21.30 17.00 46.60 -59.50 Index Points [+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index -0.31 0.03 2.73 -5.12 [+]
Chicago Pmi 58.90 58.90 78.80 21.40 Index Points [+]
Total Vehicle Sales 16.14 16.77 21.77 9.05 Million [+]
Car Production 3.02 2.62 9.92 1.29 Million Units [+]
Car Registrations 501.98 502.59 1149.00 331.50 Thousand [+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change 4.59 5.88 14.42 -15.22 BBL/1Million [+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change 97.00 91.00 147.00 -287.00 Billion cf [+]
Gasoline Stocks Change -2125.00 -8428.00 11456.00 -8428.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Leading Economic Index 182.28 181.78 182.29 70.21 Index Points [+]
Small Business Sentiment 51.67 49.03 59.12 48.35 [+]
Steel Production 7064.00 7071.00 11951.00 3799.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
Mining Production 9.70 10.40 108.20 -28.80 percent [+]
Ease of Doing Business 8.00 7.00 8.00 4.00 [+]
Competitiveness Index 5.70 5.61 5.79 5.42 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 3.00 3.00 7.00 1.00 [+]
Corruption Index 74.00 76.00 78.00 71.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 18.00 16.00 24.00 14.00 [+]


United States Industrial Production

In the United States, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy. Manufacturing is the most important sector and accounts for 78 percent of total production. The biggest segments within Manufacturing are: Chemicals (12 percent of total production); food, drink and tobacco (11 percent); machinery (6 percent); fabricated metal products (6 percent); computer and electronic products (6 percent); and motor vehicles and parts (6 percent). Mining and quarrying account for 11 percent of production and utilities account for the remaining 11 percent. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Industrial Production - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Industrial Production - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2017.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.50 2.40 62.00 -33.70 1920 - 2017 percent Monthly
2007=100, SA




industrial production by Country

Last
Australia 0.70 Jun/17
Brazil 2.50 Jul/17
Canada 6.55 Jun/17
China 6.00 Aug/17
Euro Area 3.20 Jul/17
France 3.70 Jul/17
Germany 4.00 Jul/17
India 1.20 Jul/17
Indonesia -1.40 Jun/17
Italy 4.40 Jul/17
Japan 4.70 Jul/17
Mexico -1.60 Jul/17
Netherlands 4.00 Jul/17
Russia 1.50 Aug/17
South Korea 0.10 Jul/17
Spain 1.90 Jul/17
Switzerland 2.90 Jun/17
Turkey 14.50 Jul/17
United Kingdom 0.40 Jul/17
United States 1.50 Aug/17