Economic Buzz: US industrial production unchanged in August

Industrial production in the United States remained unchanged in August compared to July, the Federal Reserve revealed in its report posted on Friday. Industrial output was up 1.4% year over year.

Manufacturing production edged down 0.3% month on month but was up 0.9% compared to August 2025. Mining gained 0.1% compared to July and saw an annual growth of 0.3%. Utilities saw a monthly increase of 1.8%, while surging 6.2% on an annual basis.

Capacity utilization also remained unchanged at 76.3%, which is 3.1 percentage points below its long-run average.

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