- Prior -0.1%
- Manufacturing 0.6% vs 0.4% exp. Prior 0.3%
- Capacity utilisation 79.0 vs 78.4 exp. Prior 78.1
Motor vehicles and parts lead the way rising to 3.45 from -1.3% prior, Utilities +3.9% from -0.3% in Oct, Mining industries +1.7% vs -1.5% prior, consumer goods +1.5% from -0.1% prior. The same sectors saw decent gains in capacity utilisation also.
USD/JPY shrugs off the numbers but cable and the euro continue to slide.
US Industrial production 16 12 2013
US Capacity utilisation 16 12 2013