G17: G.17 Technical Q&A on the construction of capacity indexes for the motor vehicle industry

Industrial production and capacity utilization data for March 2018 are now available.Industrial production rose 0.5 percent in March after increasing 1.0 percent in February; the index advanced 4.5 percent at an annual rate for the first quarter as a whole. After having climbed 1.5 percent in February, manufacturing production edged up 0.1 percent in March. Mining output rose 1.0 percent, mostly a