Category Archives: U.S. Economy

February Industrial Production Down 0.5%; Capacity Utilization Decreases to 80.9%

Posted on March 17, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 17, 2008) – The Federal Reserve Board released the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report for February this morning. Industrial production fell 0.5% in February after having increased 0.1% in January. Although almost 3/4 of the of the February … Continue reading →

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January Business Inventories +0.8%; Sales +1.5%

Posted on March 15, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 13, 2008) – The Census Bureau released their Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: January 2008 report, announcing that seasonally adjusted business inventories rose 0.8% in January 2008, to $1,457.9 billion, an increase of 4.8% from January 2007. Sales … Continue reading →

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