2017-09-18 12:10:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 0.9%
FRB - Industrial production declined 0.9 percent in August following six consecutive monthly gains. Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Gulf Coast of Texas in late August, is estimated to have reduced the rate of change in total output by roughly 3/4 percentage point. The index for manufacturing decreased 0.3 percent; storm-related effects appear to have reduced the rate of change in factory output in August about 3/4 percentage point. The manufacturing industries with the largest estimated storm-related effects were petroleum refining, organic chemicals, and plastics materials and resins.
The output of mining fell 0.8 percent in August, as Hurricane Harvey temporarily curtailed drilling, servicing, and extraction activity for oil and natural gas. The output of utilities dropped 5.5 percent, as unseasonably mild temperatures, particularly on the East Coast, reduced the demand for air conditioning.
At 104.7 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production in August was 1.5 percent above its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector decreased 0.8 percentage point in August to 76.1 percent, a rate that is 3.8 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2016) average.
-----
Earlier:
U.S. ENERGY INVESTMENT: $1.3 TLN... gy infrastructure and benefit consumers. As an industry that invests billions in the U.S. economy each year, pro-growth policies would allow us to accelerate these economic investments while keeping energy affordable. Private investment in our nation ...
|
|
U.S. DEFICIT $43.7 BLNU.S. DEFICIT $43.7 BLN U.S. DEFICIT $43.7 BLN The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that the goods and services deficit was $43.7 billion in July, up $0.1 billion from $43 ...
|
|
U.S. LNG FOR EUROPE - 4U.S. LNG FOR EUROPE - 4 U.S. LNG FOR EUROPE - 4 Last week, U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) made its way to the somewhat unlikely market of Lithuania. The former Soviet republic traditionally bought its gas from Russian state company Gazprom; this wa ...
|
|
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.2%U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.2% U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.2% U.S. - Industrial production rose 0.2 percent in July following an increase of 0.4 percent in June. The index for mining rose 0.5 percent in July for its fourth consecutive monthly ...
|
|
U.S. OIL PRODUCTION: 9.35 - 9.91 MBD... ODUCTION: 9.35 - 9.91 MBD EIA continues to expect US production to rise over the next two years and cross the 10 million b/d threshold in November 2018. It sees output averaging 9.35 million b/d in 2017, up 20,000 b/d from last months outlook, and 9. ...
|
|
U.S. DEFICIT $43.6 BLNU.S. DEFICIT $43.6 BLN U.S. DEFICIT $43.6 BLN The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that the goods and services deficit was $43.6 billion in June, down $2.7 billion from $ ...
|
|
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 1.25%U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 1.25% U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 1.25% In view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1 to 1-1/4 percent. The stance of mon ...
|
