Thursday, November 16, 2006
Tweet[IWS] FRB: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION & CAPACITY UTILIZATION [16 November 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
G.17
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [16 November 2006]
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/default.htm
or
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Tables
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17_sup.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Industrial production rose 0.2 percent in October after having decreased 0.6 percent in September; production in August was revised up to show a gain of 0.3 percent. At 113.7 percent of its 2002 average, the index in October was 4.9 percent higher than its year-earlier level. Manufacturing output declined 0.2 percent in October; excluding motor vehicles and parts, manufacturing output rose 0.1 percent. The index for mining increased 0.6 percent, and the index for utilities bounced up 4.1 percent after having fallen 4.6 percent in September. The rate of capacity utilization for total industry rose 0.1 percentage point, to 82.2 percent, a level 1.2 percentage points above its 1972-2005 average.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
G.17
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [16 November 2006]
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/default.htm
or
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Tables
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17_sup.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Industrial production rose 0.2 percent in October after having decreased 0.6 percent in September; production in August was revised up to show a gain of 0.3 percent. At 113.7 percent of its 2002 average, the index in October was 4.9 percent higher than its year-earlier level. Manufacturing output declined 0.2 percent in October; excluding motor vehicles and parts, manufacturing output rose 0.1 percent. The index for mining increased 0.6 percent, and the index for utilities bounced up 4.1 percent after having fallen 4.6 percent in September. The rate of capacity utilization for total industry rose 0.1 percentage point, to 82.2 percent, a level 1.2 percentage points above its 1972-2005 average.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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