G17: Annual data on manufacturing investment and capital have been released

Data on real investment and capital stocks for manufacturing industries have been added to the data download tab on the G.17 release. As part of the estimation of capacity for publication of its G.17 statistical release on industrial production and capacity utilization, the Federal Reserve Board produces annual information on the real capital stock and real investment for detailed industries within the manufacturing sector based on a variety of data sources. These data by industry and broad asset class are provided to the National Bureau of Economic Research-Center for Economic Studies (NBER-CES) Manufacturing Industry Database. ]>2016-02-24T14:00:00-05:00enFRBend=9999-12-31T00:00:00-05:00Annual data on manufacturing investment and capital have been released2016-02-24T14:00:00-05:00G17

http://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/DataDownload.html#1270On February 24th, 2016, the Commercial Paper Rates and Volume Statistics pages were updated to include revisions to certain rate and volume issuance categories between the dates of February 5th, 2016 to February 22nd, 2016. The changes have also been made to DDP.2016-02-24T09:45:00-05:00enFRBend=9999-12-31T00:00:00-05:00Revisions of Commercial Paper information for February 5th to February 22nd 2016-02-24T09:45:00-05:00CPhttp://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/DataDownload.html#1260Industrial production and capacity utilization data for January 2016 are now available.

Industrial production increased 0.9 percent in January after decreasing 0.7 percent in December. A storm late in the month likely held down production in January by a small amount. The index for utilities jumped 5.4 percent; demand for heating moved up markedly after having been suppressed by unseasonably warm weather in December. Manufacturing output increased 0.5 percent in January and was 1.2 percent above its year-earlier level. Mining production was unchanged following four months with declines that averaged about 1 1/2 percent per month. At 106.8 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production in January was 0.7 percent below its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector increased 0.7 percentage point in January to 77.1 percent, a rate that is 2.9 percentage points below its long-run (1972-2015) average.