Industrial Production Jumps 0.6%, Capacity Use at 75.4% in June

Industrial production surged 0.6% in June, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

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The production increase followed a revised 0.3% drop in May, first reported as a 0.4% decline.

Capacity utilization gained to 75.4% in June from an unrevised 74.9% the previous month.

Economists polled by Thomson Reuters projected a 0.2% gain for industrial production and a 75.0% capacity utilization rate.


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