Om industri produktion fra federal reserve:
Manufacturing output fell 0.5 percent in August, as the production of durable goods fell 0.9 percent and the production of nondurable goods was unchanged. The output of durables other than motor vehicles and parts rose 0.1 percent, with gains of more than 1 percent for nonmetallic mineral products, machinery, and miscellaneous manufacturing and with losses of more than 1 percent for fabricated metal products and for aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment.
Among the nondurable goods industries, the indexes for petroleum and coal products and for chemicals each fell about 1/2 percent, while the indexes for food, beverage, and tobacco products and for plastics and rubber products each rose about 1/2 percent. The production of other manufacturing (publishing and logging) edged down 0.2 percent.
The capacity utilization rate for manufacturing fell 0.4 percentage point in August to 75.8 percent, a rate 2.7 percentage points below its long-run average. The operating rate for durable goods industries, at 75.8 percent, was 1.1 percentage points below its long-run average, while the rate for nondurable goods, at 77.4 percent, was 3.0 percentage points below its long-run average. The capacity utilization rate for other manufacturing (publishing and logging) was unchanged at 57.8 percent.
