Industrial Production + Manufacturing + Capacity Utilization During March 2020
The Industrial Production, Manufacturing and Capacity Utilization numbers for March 2020 were released by the Federal Reserve this morning:
Industrial Production:
Predicted: -4.2%
Actual: -5.4%
Manufacturing:
Predicted: -4.0%
Actual: -6.3%
The yellow-highlighted percentages represent the month-to-month change in manufacturing, and physical output from mining operations, utility plants and factories for the entire United States.
Capacity Utilization Rate:
Predicted: 74.0%
Actual: 72.7%
The Capacity Utilization Rate represents the use of available resources at mining operations, utility plants and factories for the entire United States last month.
The "predicted" figures are what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.
From today's report:
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Industrial Production:
Predicted: -4.2%
Actual: -5.4%
Manufacturing:
Predicted: -4.0%
Actual: -6.3%
The yellow-highlighted percentages represent the month-to-month change in manufacturing, and physical output from mining operations, utility plants and factories for the entire United States.
Capacity Utilization Rate:
Predicted: 74.0%
Actual: 72.7%
The Capacity Utilization Rate represents the use of available resources at mining operations, utility plants and factories for the entire United States last month.
The "predicted" figures are what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.
From today's report:
"...Total industrial production fell 5.4 percent in March, as the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic led many factories to suspend operations late in the month. Manufacturing output fell 6.3 percent; most major industries posted decreases, with the largest decline registered by motor vehicles and parts. The decreases for total industrial production and for manufacturing were their largest since January 1946 and February 1946, respectively. The indexes for utilities and mining declined 3.9 percent and 2.0 percent, respectively. At 103.7 percent of its 2012 average, the level of total industrial production in March was 5.5 percent lower than a year earlier. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector decreased 4.3 percentage points to 72.7 percent in March, a rate that is 7.1 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2019) average.
The estimates in this release incorporated data on stay-at-home orders as well as other information on industrial activity for late in the month. An explanation of the methods used to construct the estimates is available on the Federal Reserve Board's website at www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/g17_technical_qa.htm#covid2020..."
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posted by Steve Brown | 4/15/2020 06:54:00 PM
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