Market Groups
The major market groups posted mixed results in April. The index for durable consumer goods fell 1.5 percent, weighed down by a 1.8 percent decline in the output of automotive products. The index for construction supplies dropped 1.0 percent, and the index for business equipment decreased 0.5 percent. By contrast, the index for nondurable consumer goods rose 0.5 percent in April, as a 0.9 percent gain in the non-energy component outweighed a 0.2 percent decrease in the energy component. The output of defense and space equipment rose 0.8 percent, and the output of business supplies increased 0.2 percent.
Industry Groups
Manufacturing output decreased 0.3 percent in April and was 0.5 percentage point below its year-earlier level. The index for durable manufacturing declined 0.5 percent in April, while the index for nondurable manufacturing edged down 0.1 percent, and the index for other manufacturing (publishing and logging) rose 0.3 percent.
Most industry groups within durable manufacturing posted declines in April. The largest declines were in the indexes for motor vehicles and parts, for electrical equipment, appliances, and components, and for wood products, which fell 2.0 percent, 1.9 percent, and 1.6 percent, respectively. Primary metals (1.0 percent), computer and electronic products (0.6 percent), and aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment (0.9 percent) were the only groups that posted increases. Within nondurables, the output of petroleum and coal products dropped 4.4 percent; the other nondurable categories posted gains.
Mining output decreased 0.6 percent in April, largely because of an 18.1 percent decline in the index for coal mining. The output of utilities increased 2.8 percent.
Capacity utilization for manufacturing moved down 0.3 percentage point in April to 76.9 percent, a rate that is 1.3 percentage points below its long-run average. The operating rate for mining fell 0.6 percentage point to 92.1 percent, while the operating rate for utilities increased 1.8 percentage points to 71.0 percent. The rate for mining was 5.6 percentage points above its long-run average, while the rate for utilities remained substantially below its long-run average.
Revision of Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
The Federal Reserve Board plans to issue its annual revision to the indexes of industrial production (IP) and the related measures of capacity utilization on June 28, 2024. Detailed results of the Economic Census for 2022 will not be published until 2025, so no new annual benchmark data will be included for manufacturing. Other annual data, including information on the mining of metallic and nonmetallic minerals (except fuels), will be incorporated. The updated IP indexes will include revisions to the monthly indicator (either product data or input data) and to seasonal factors for each industry. In addition, the estimation methods for some series may be changed. Any modifications to the methods for e
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2. Industrial Production Infographics
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Despite being red, Mars
is a cold place. It’s full
of iron oxide dust
Venus has a beautiful
name and is the second
planet from the Sun
Jupiter is a gas giant
and the biggest planet
in the Solar System
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03 04
It’s the closest planet to
the Sun and the
smallest one
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3. Industrial Production Infographics
Manufacturing
Coloring
Assembly
Packing
Despite being red, Mars
is a cold place. It’s full
of iron oxide dust
Venus has a beautiful
name and is the second
planet from the Sun
Jupiter is a gas giant
and the biggest planet
in the Solar System
It’s the closest planet to
the Sun and the
smallest one
4. Industrial Production Infographics
Mercury
The closest planet to the Sun and the
smallest one in the Solar System—it’s
only a bit larger than our Moon
02
Jupiter
It’s a gas giant and it’s the biggest
planet in the Solar System. Jupiter is
the fourth-brightest object in the sky
03
Mars
Despite being red, Mars is a cold
place. It’s full of iron oxide dust, which
gives the planet its reddish cast
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5. Industrial Production Infographics
Jupiter is a gas giant and
also the biggest planet
Jupiter
Mars
Despite being red, Mars
is a cold place
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
Mercury
Venus
Venus has a beautiful
name and is the second
Neptune
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
Earth
Earth is the only planet
that harbors life
6. Industrial Production Infographics
Rapid
Mass production
Agile
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
It’s a gas giant and
the biggest planet
Earth is the planet
where we live on
Flexible
Just in time
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
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02
03
04
05
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01
Venus has a beautiful name and
is the second one from the Sun
02
Mercury is the closest planet to
the Sun and the smallest one
03
Despite being red, Mars is a cold
place full of iron oxide dust
04
It’s a gas giant and the biggest
planet in the Solar System
Venus Mercury
Mars Jupiter
8. Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
01 Venus
Mars
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold planet
02
Mercury
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
03
Saturn
It’s a gas giant and
has several rings
04
Industrial Production Infographics
9. Industrial Production Infographics
Jupiter
It’s a gas giant and
the biggest planet
Mercury
It’s the closest planet
to the Sun
Venus
Venus has a beautiful
name, but it’s very hot
Mars
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place Neptune
This is the farthest
planet from the Sun
10. Industrial Production Infographics
Venus
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Mars
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold planet
Saturn
Saturn is a gas giant
and has rings
Mercury
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
11. Industrial Production Infographics
02
01
Mass production Agile Mass customization
Just in time
Mercury is the smallest
planet of them all
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Saturn is a gas giant
and has rings
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
02 02
12. Industrial Production Infographics
Project Process
Venus has a beautiful name and is
the second one from the Sun
Jobbing Process
Mercury is the closest planet to the
Sun and the smallest one
Labor Management
Despite being red, Mars is a cold
place full of iron oxide dust
Quality Management
Jupiter is a gas giant and the
biggest planet in the Solar System
Product Tracing
Neptune is the eighth planet and
the farthest from the Sun
01 02
03
04
05
Manufacturing
Process
13. Industrial Production Infographics
Earth
Earth is the third
planet from the Sun
Neptune
It’s the farthest
planet from the Sun
Mars
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
It’s the closest
object to the Sun
Mercury
14. Industrial Production Infographics
Project Process
Venus has a beautiful name and is
the second one from the Sun
Jobbing Process
Mercury is the closest planet to
the Sun and the smallest one
Labor Management
Despite being red, Mars is a cold
place full of iron oxide dust
Quality Management
Jupiter is a gas giant and the
biggest planet in the Solar System
15. Industrial Production Infographics
Mass production Agile
Mass customization
Just in time
Mercury is the smallest
planet of them all
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Saturn is a gas giant
and has rings
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
17. Industrial Production Infographics
Mercury is the
closest planet to
the Sun and the
smallest one
Jupiter is a gas
giant and the
biggest object in
the Solar System
It is the ringed
planet. It is
composed of
hydrogen and
helium
Despite being
red, planet Mars
is a very cold
place
Saturn
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
03
01
02 04
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Venus
Venus has a beautiful name and is
the second planet from the Sun
Mercury
Mercury is the closest to the Sun
and the smallest one in the System
Mars
Despite being red, it’s a cold place,
and is full of iron oxide dust
Jupiter
Jupiter is a gas giant and the
biggest planet in the Solar System
19. Industrial Production Infographics
Mass production
Flexible
Agile
Mass customization
Just in time
Rapid
Mercury is the smallest
planet of them all
Venus has a very
poisonous atmosphere
Neptune is the biggest
planet of them all
Saturn is the ringed
planet from the Sun
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Despite being red, Mars
is very cold
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Saturn
It is the ringed planet. It
is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Mars
Despite being red,
planet Mars is a very
cold place
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun and
the smallest one
Mercury
Juppiter
Jupiter is a gas giant
and the biggest object
in the Solar System
01 02
03
04
22. Industrial Production Infographics
Despite being red, planet Mars is a
very cold place full of iron oxide dust
Planet Jupiter is a gas giant and the
biggest object in the Solar System
Saturn is the ringed planet. It is
composed of hydrogen and helium
01
02
03
23. Industrial Production Infographics
Manufacturing
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
It’s a gas giant and
the biggest planet
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Coloring
Assembly Packing
24. Industrial Production Infographics
Saturn
Saturn is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Earth
Earth is the third planet
from the Sun
Neptune
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
Planet Mercury is the
closest object to the Sun
Mercury
Mars
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
Jupiter
Jupiter is a gas giant
and the biggest planet
25. Industrial Production Infographics
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
Mercury
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
Mars
It’s a gas giant and
the biggest planet
Jupiter
Jupiter
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Venus
Saturn is the ringed
one. It’s a gas giant
Saturn
It’s a gas giant and
the biggest planet
01
03
05
02
04
06
26. Industrial Production Infographics
Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Neptune
It’s the farthest planet
from the Sun
Mercury
It’s the closest planet
of the Sun
Earth
It’s the third planet
from the Sun
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It has a beautiful name
and is the second planet
It’s the closest planet to
the Sun and the smallest
Despite being red, Mars is
actually a cold place
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Mercury Venus
Mars
Manufacture
Assembly
Customize
29. Venus
Jupiter
Venus has a beautiful
name and is the second
planet from the Sun
Jupiter is a gas giant
and the biggest planet in
the Solar System
Mars
Mercury
Despite being red, Mars
is a cold place. It’s full of
iron oxide dust
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun and
the smallest one
Industrial Production Infographics
30. Industrial Production Infographics
01
Jupiter is the
biggest of them all
02
Mercury is the
smallest planet
03
Venus has a nice
name, but it’s hot
04
Saturn is a gas
giant and has rings
31. Industrial Production Infographics
Mass production
Venus has a beautiful name and is
the second one from the Sun
Just in time
Mercury is the closest planet to the
Sun and the smallest one
Flexible
Despite being red, Mars is a cold
place full of iron oxide dust
Agile
Jupiter is a gas giant and the biggest
planet in the Solar System
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