Industrial Production
Output from factories, mines, and utilities.
Industrial Production measures the raw output of the industrial sector, including manufacturing, mining, and electric/gas utilities. It ignores the service sector entirely.
Capacity Utilization
This report often includes Capacity Utilization, which measures how much of the available factory capacity is actually being used. High utilization can signal coming inflation.
Key Takeaways
Measures physical output volume.
More volatile than the service sector.
Key for commodity demand analysis.
Related Terms
Industrial Production
Output from factories, mines, and utilities.
Industrial Production measures the raw output of the industrial sector, including manufacturing, mining, and electric/gas utilities. It ignores the service sector entirely.
Capacity Utilization
This report often includes Capacity Utilization, which measures how much of the available factory capacity is actually being used. High utilization can signal coming inflation.
Key Takeaways
Measures physical output volume.
More volatile than the service sector.
Key for commodity demand analysis.
Related Terms
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