Industrial Production Jumps 0.9%, Capacity Use at 77.1% in Jan.

Industrial production gained 0.9% in January, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

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The production increase followed a revised 0.7% drop in December, first reported as a 0.4% decline.

Capacity utilization grew to 77.1% in January from a revised 76.4% the previous month, first reported as 76.5%.

Economists polled by Thomson Reuters projected a 0.4% increase for industrial production and a 76.7% capacity utilization rate.


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