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Enviado: 17/1/2006 16:059:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION RISES 2.7%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. MOTOR VEHICLE OUTPUT FALLS 2.8%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. MINING OUTPUT RISES 2.5%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. MANUFACTURING OUTPUT RISES 0.2%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. 2005 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 3.2%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. CAPACITY UTILIZATION RISES TO 80.7%, 5-YEAR HIGH
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 0.6% VS. 0.5% EXPECTED
ECONOMIC REPORT: Capacity utilization at 5-year high; U.S. industrial production rises 0.6% in Dec.
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 9:30 AM ET Jan. 17, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. industrial output increased 0.6% in December while capacity utilization soared to 80.7%, the highest since October 2000, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday.
For all of 2005, industrial production increased 3.2%, compared with a 4.1% gain in 2004. Capacity utilization increased by 1 percentage point from December 2004 and is now 0.3 percentage points below its long-time average.
The increase in capacity utilization could raise red flags at the Federal Open Market Committee, which warned in December that decreasing slack in the economy could fuel inflationary pressures. The FOMC is expected to boost rates again on Jan. 31 and probably again in March before wrapping up its tightening cycle.
Output was boosted in December by big seasonally adjusted gains in mining, utilities and high-technology.
In December, manufacturing output increased 0.2%, held back by a 2.8% decline in production of motor vehicles and parts. Factory output excluding autos rose 0.4%.
Output at mines increased 2.5% and production at utilities gained 2.7%. Mining output fell 5.6% from December 2004 levels; production from the Gulf of Mexico has not fully recovered. Capacity utilization in mining rose to 84.7% from 82.6% in December.
Utility output increased 2.9% from December 2004 levels.
The increase in output in December was largely in line with estimates of a 0.5% gain by Wall Street economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Capacity utilization was expected to rise to 80.5%.
In November, production increased 0.8%, revised up from the 0.7% reported previously. Production in October and November was revised lower by a total of 0.6 percentage points. Capacity utilization was at 80.3% in November, revised up from 80.2% earlier.
Production of consumer goods increased 0.2% in December to a level 1.3% higher than a year earlier. Production of business equipment rose 0.5% in December to a level 10.1% above a year earlier.
Production of industrial supplies was flat, including a 0.9% drop in construction supplies. Production of materials rose 1.2%.
Production of motor vehicles fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 11.2 million units from 11.65 million in November.
Output of selected high-technology industries rose 2.7% in December to a level 26.1% above a year earlier. Semiconductor output increased 3.5% and is up 30.8% in the past year.
Excluding high-tech goods, factory output was flat in December.
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. MOTOR VEHICLE OUTPUT FALLS 2.8%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. MINING OUTPUT RISES 2.5%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. MANUFACTURING OUTPUT RISES 0.2%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. 2005 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 3.2%
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. CAPACITY UTILIZATION RISES TO 80.7%, 5-YEAR HIGH
9:15am 01/17/06 U.S. DEC. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 0.6% VS. 0.5% EXPECTED
ECONOMIC REPORT: Capacity utilization at 5-year high; U.S. industrial production rises 0.6% in Dec.
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 9:30 AM ET Jan. 17, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. industrial output increased 0.6% in December while capacity utilization soared to 80.7%, the highest since October 2000, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday.
For all of 2005, industrial production increased 3.2%, compared with a 4.1% gain in 2004. Capacity utilization increased by 1 percentage point from December 2004 and is now 0.3 percentage points below its long-time average.
The increase in capacity utilization could raise red flags at the Federal Open Market Committee, which warned in December that decreasing slack in the economy could fuel inflationary pressures. The FOMC is expected to boost rates again on Jan. 31 and probably again in March before wrapping up its tightening cycle.
Output was boosted in December by big seasonally adjusted gains in mining, utilities and high-technology.
In December, manufacturing output increased 0.2%, held back by a 2.8% decline in production of motor vehicles and parts. Factory output excluding autos rose 0.4%.
Output at mines increased 2.5% and production at utilities gained 2.7%. Mining output fell 5.6% from December 2004 levels; production from the Gulf of Mexico has not fully recovered. Capacity utilization in mining rose to 84.7% from 82.6% in December.
Utility output increased 2.9% from December 2004 levels.
The increase in output in December was largely in line with estimates of a 0.5% gain by Wall Street economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Capacity utilization was expected to rise to 80.5%.
In November, production increased 0.8%, revised up from the 0.7% reported previously. Production in October and November was revised lower by a total of 0.6 percentage points. Capacity utilization was at 80.3% in November, revised up from 80.2% earlier.
Production of consumer goods increased 0.2% in December to a level 1.3% higher than a year earlier. Production of business equipment rose 0.5% in December to a level 10.1% above a year earlier.
Production of industrial supplies was flat, including a 0.9% drop in construction supplies. Production of materials rose 1.2%.
Production of motor vehicles fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 11.2 million units from 11.65 million in November.
Output of selected high-technology industries rose 2.7% in December to a level 26.1% above a year earlier. Semiconductor output increased 3.5% and is up 30.8% in the past year.
Excluding high-tech goods, factory output was flat in December.