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Industrial Production Down 0.3% in January

Utilities rise, manufacturing drops due to severe weather.

Industrial production decreased 0.3 percent in January after having risen 0.3 percent in December, according to the Federal Reserve.

In January, manufacturing output fell 0.8 percent, partly because of the severe weather that curtailed production in some regions of the country. Additionally, manufacturing production is now reported to have been lower in the fourth quarter; the index is now estimated to have advanced at an annual rate of 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter rather than 6.2 percent.

The output of utilities rose 4.1 percent in January, as demand for heating was boosted by unseasonably cold temperatures. The production at mines declined 0.9 percent following a gain of 1.8 percent in December.

At 101 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production in January was 2.9 percent above its level of a year earlier. The capacity utilization rate for total industry decreased in January to 78.5 percent, a rate 1.6 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2013) average.

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