May 15 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board report of U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization, seasonally adjusted (2017=100).
Total Industrial: April March Feb April26/25
Production, Pct Change 0.7 -0.3 0.6 1.4
Previous Estimates -0.5 0.7
Production Index 102.5 101.8 102.1
April March Feb April'25
Pct of Capacity Use 76.1 75.7 76.0 76.1
Previous Estimates 75.7 76.1
Pct change: April March Feb April'25
Final Products 1.1 -0.6 0.9 1.4
Consumer Goods 0.9 -0.8 1.0
Business Equipment 1.5 -0.1 0.5
Nonindustrial Supplies 0.2 0.5 UNCH
Construc.Supplies UNCH 0.9 -0.3
Materials 0.5 -0.4 0.6 1.2
Manufacturing Industry 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.3
Durable Goods 1.2 UNCH 0.4
Motor Vehicles/Parts 3.7 -2.4 3.0
Non-Durable Goods -0.1 0.1 0.4
Mining Industry -0.1 -1.6 2.3 0.2
Utilities Industry 1.9 -1.4 0.4 2.7
SPECIAL AGGREGATES:
Pct change: April March Feb April26/25
High-tech output 1.0 0.5 -0.1 9.2
Industrial output
ex high-tech 0.7 -0.3 0.6 1.2
Industrial output
ex cars/parts 0.5 -0.2 0.5 1.3
Motor Vehicle Assemblies (million unit annual rates):
April March Feb
10.69 10.28 10.51
Percent of Capacity: Manufacturing, Mining, Utilities:
(Seasonally Adj.) April March Feb April'25
Manufacturing 75.8 75.4 75.4 75.6
Durable Goods 75.1 74.2 74.3
Motor Vehicles/Parts 68.7 66.2 67.9
Non-Durable Goods 76.3 76.4 76.4
Mining 84.6 84.7 86.0 84.0
Utilities 71.1 70.0 71.1 71.9
FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. April industrial output +0.3 pct
U.S. April capacity use rate 75.8 pct
U.S. April factory output +0.2 pct
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