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From the Federal Reserve’s G.17 Report:

Industrial production edged down 0.1 percent in October after having advanced 0.8 percent in September. In October, manufacturing output increased 0.2 percent for the second consecutive month. The index for mining declined 0.9 percent and the output of utilities moved down 0.7 percent. At 104.9 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production in October was 4.0 percent above its level of a year earlier. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector decreased 0.3 percentage point in October to 78.9 percent, a rate that is 1.2 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2013) average.

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Prior month revision: September growth was revised down from a gain of 1.0% to a gain of 0.8% .

The 0.11% 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)
Aug.
2014
Sep.
2014
Oct.
2014
to Apr.
2014
to July
2014
to Oct.
2014
Aug.
2014
Sep.
2014
Oct.
2014
Total index -0.20 0.80 -0.11 1.86 1.11 0.50 4.14 4.22 4.00
– Manufacturing (SIC) -0.34 0.14 0.11 1.80 1.16 -0.09 2.75 2.66 2.51
– – Durable manufacturing -0.38 0.06 0.03 1.13 1.19 -0.29 2.11 1.94 1.74
– – Nondurable manufacturing 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.69 -0.02 0.28 0.78 0.92 0.93
– – Other manufacturing -0.04 -0.02 -0.03 -0.02 -0.01 -0.08 -0.14 -0.20 -0.16
– Mining 0.07 0.29 -0.15 0.66 0.39 0.20 1.44 1.47 1.62
– Electric and gas utilities 0.07 0.38 -0.06 -0.60 -0.44 0.38 -0.05 0.08 -0.12
– – Electric power generation, transmn and distrn. 0.09 0.37 -0.02 -0.45 -0.40 0.43 -0.03 0.10 -0.03
– – Natural gas distribution -0.02 0.01 -0.04 -0.14 -0.04 -0.05 -0.02 -0.02 -0.09

Chart of Industrial Production Sectors

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Contributions from Industry Sectors: The two charts to the left show the growth in the overall index together with that of the weighted contributions of each major sector. The first chart shows the monthly changes, the second shows the levels over time.

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