From the Federal Reserve’s G.17 Report:
Industrial production decreased 0.3 percent in April for its fifth consecutive monthly loss. Manufacturing output was unchanged in April after recording an upwardly revised gain of 0.3 percent in March. In April, the index for mining moved down 0.8 percent, its fourth consecutive monthly decrease; a sharp fall in oil and gas well drilling has more than accounted for the overall decline in mining this year. The output of utilities fell 1.3 percent in April. At 105.2 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production in April was 1.9 percent above its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector decreased 0.4 percentage point in April to 78.2 percent, a rate that is 1.9 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2014) average.
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The 0.26% fall in total production was the result of the contributions from various industries as shown in the table and charts below.
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| U.S. Industrial Production – Major Industry Groups Contribution to Total Index of each Industry Group. Seasonally Adjusted. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Index % Points Change by Sub-Index | Monthly Change (Pts) | 3-Month Change (Pts) | Year/Year Change (Pts) | ||||||
| Feb. 2015 | Mar. 2015 | Apr. 2015 | to Oct. 2014 | to Jan. 2015 | to Apr. 2015 | Feb. 2015 | Mar. 2015 | Apr. 2015 | |
| Total index | -0.06 | -0.32 | -0.26 | 0.65 | 0.69 | -0.65 | 3.46 | 2.28 | 1.93 |
| – Manufacturing (SIC) | -0.15 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 2.32 | 1.95 | 1.71 |
| – – Durable manufacturing | -0.22 | 0.04 | 0.04 | -0.13 | 0.02 | -0.14 | 1.29 | 1.04 | 0.97 |
| – – Nondurable manufacturing | 0.04 | 0.16 | -0.03 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 1.17 | 0.99 | 0.83 |
| – – Other manufacturing | 0.02 | 0.04 | -0.01 | -0.09 | -0.03 | 0.05 | -0.14 | -0.08 | -0.09 |
| – Mining | -0.37 | -0.02 | -0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | -0.54 | 1.02 | 0.71 | 0.21 |
| – Electric and gas utilities | 0.46 | -0.54 | -0.12 | 0.49 | 0.15 | -0.19 | 0.12 | -0.38 | 0.01 |
| – – Electric power generation, transmn and distrn. | 0.31 | -0.37 | -0.09 | 0.48 | 0.08 | -0.15 | 0.04 | -0.25 | 0.02 |
| – – Natural gas distribution | 0.15 | -0.17 | -0.03 | 0.01 | 0.07 | -0.05 | 0.08 | -0.14 | -0.01 |
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