G17: G.17 Data for June 2024 are now available

Published on July 17, 2024

Industrial production and capacity utilization data for June 2024 are now available.

Industrial production rose 0.6 percent in June after advancing 0.9 percent in May. For the second quarter as a whole, industrial production increased at an annual rate of 4.3 percent. Manufacturing output moved up 0.4 percent in June and rose 3.4 percent (annual rate) in the second quarter. In June, the indexes for mining and utilities posted gains of 0.3 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively. At 104 percent of its 2017 average, total industrial production in June was 1.6 percent above its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization moved up to 78.8 percent in June, a rate that is 0.9 percentage point below its long-run (1972–2023) average.

Note: The annual revision to industrial production and capacity utilization was published on June 28, 2024. Data referred to in the release dated June 18, 2024, were superseded by the data issued at the time of the annual revision.

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