In the third quarter the production index - which relates to manufacturing - was up by more than 5%.
U.S. economic data for next week brings the consumer and producer price indexes, while industrial production and manufacturing data from the Empire State Index and the Philadelphia Fed are also slated for release.
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The U.S. data includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the consumer price index, the Empire State manufacturing survey, real earnings, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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This is the Index of Manufacturing and it charts the value of industrial production, inflation adjusted, over the years.
Manufacturing, which is one of the components of the index of production along with mining and quarrying, gas and electricity, and water and sewerage, fell 0.3% compared with the previous month.
Manufacturing output, which has a 75% weight in the index of industrial production, rose 2.7% from a year earlier in January.
Friday's data show manufacturing output, which has a 75% weight in the index of industrial production, rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the empire state manufacturing survey, the producer price index, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
U.S. economic reports due for release Friday include real earnings, the consumer price index, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, and industrial production and capacity utilization.
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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the Empire State manufacturing survey, Treasury international capital flows, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index, the weekly DOE energy stocks report, and the FOMC meeting minutes.
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The Consumer Price Index comes out on Friday along with the Empire State Manufacturing survey as well as industrial production.
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