Production Pullback: Industrial Production November 2011

Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing a pullback with total industrial production declining 0.22% from October and rising 3.74% above the level seen in November 2010.

Capacity utilization declined 0.30% from October climbing just 2.63% above the level seen in November of 2010 to stand at 77.79%

It's important to recognize that though the "recovery" is well over two years old, both industrial production and capacity utilization are notably below the peaks set in late 2007.

Production Pullback: Industrial Production August 2011

Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing a slight improvement with total industrial production increasing 0.18% from July and rising 3.35% above the level seen in August 2010.

Capacity utilization increased 0.08% from July climbing just 2.45% above the level seen in August of 2010 to stand at 77.29%

It's important to recognize that though the "recovery" is well over two years old, both industrial production and capacity utilization are notably below the peaks set in late 2007.

Production Pullback: Industrial Production May 2011

Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing slight flattening of sorts with total industrial production increasing just 0.10% from April but rising 3.42% above the level seen in May 2010.

Capacity utilization declined 0.01% from April but climbed 3.25% above the level seen in May of 2010 to stand at 76.73%

It's important to recognize that though the "recovery" is well over two years old, both industrial production and capacity utilization are notably below the peaks set in late 2007.

Production Pullback: Industrial Production April 2011

Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing slight declines with total industrial production falling 0.01% from March but rising 4.95% above the level seen in April 2010.

Capacity utilization also slowed falling 0.12% from March but climbing 5.10% above the level seen in April of 2010 to stand at 76.91%

Production Pullback: Industrial Production March 2011

Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production showing a notable increase with total industrial production climbing 0.80% from February and rising 5.88% above the level seen in March 2010.

Capacity utilization continued to trend up rising 0.70% from February and climbing 6.32% above the level seen in March of 2010 to stand at 77.40%