Economic Report:Industrial Production
Released by:Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Release Date/Time:9:15 a.m around the 15th of the month.
Website:http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf
Description:The Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates cover manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities.  The production index measures real output and is expressed as a percentage of real output in a base year, currently 2002. The capacity index, which is an estimate of sustainable potential output, is also expressed as a percentage of actual output in 2002. Data for the index is from private trade associations and government agencies.