May 17 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board report of U.S. industrial production and capacity
utilization, seasonally adjusted (2012=100).
Total Industrial: April March Feb April 16/15
Production, Pct Change 0.7 -0.9 -0.2 -1.1
Previous Estimates -0.6 -0.6
Production Index 104.1 103.5 104.4
April March Feb April'15
Pct of Capacity Use 75.4 74.9 75.6 76.9
Previous Estimates 74.8 75.3
Pct change: April March Feb April 16/15
Final Products 1.0 -0.7 UNCH 0.2
Consumer Goods 1.2 -0.8 -0.1
Business Equipment 0.8 -0.3 0.5
Nonindustrial Supplies 0.5 -0.8 -0.1
Construc.Supplies UNCH -0.6 -0.1
Materials 0.4 -1.0 -0.5 -2.9
Manufacturing Industry 0.3 -0.3 UNCH 0.4
Durable Goods 0.6 -0.6 0.2
Motor Vehicles/Parts 1.3 -1.4 0.8
Non-Durable Goods UNCH 0.1 -0.4
Mining Industry -2.3 -3.0 -0.7 -13.4
Utilities Industry 5.8 -3.3 -1.0 0.4
SPECIAL AGGREGATES:
Pct change: April March Feb April 16/15
High-tech output 0.1 -0.8 0.4 2.4
Industrial output
ex high-tech 0.7 -0.9 -0.2 -1.2
Industrial output
ex cars/parts 0.6 -0.8 -0.3 -1.4
Motor Vehicle Assemblies (million unit annual rates):
April March Feb
12.18 12.02 12.08
Percent of Capacity: Manufacturing, Mining, Utilities:
(Seasonally Adj.) April March Feb April'15
Manufacturing 75.3 75.1 75.4 75.6
Durable Goods 75.9 75.5 76.0
Motor Vehicles/Parts 82.2 81.2 82.4
Non-Durable Goods 75.3 75.4 75.4
Mining 72.5 74.0 76.0 84.3
Utilities 78.6 74.4 77.0 78.8
FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. April industrial output +0.3 pct
U.S. April capacity use rate 75.0 pct
U.S. April factory output +0.3 pct