Uptrend in US industrial production remains intact

16 May 2012 by Jim Fickett.

Current growth in US industrial production remains in a normal, healthy range.

Today the Federal Reserve released industrial production figures through April. Trend growth has been fairly consistent for almost three years now.

Here is the year-over-year growth rate, with the long-term average marked as a dashed line:

Recent growth is in a normal, healthy range.

(All data and first graph courtesy of the Federal Reserve.)