2025.09.1613:21:33UTC+00US Industrial Production Unexpectedly Rebounds

In August 2025, industrial production in the United States experienced a slight increase of 0.1%, surpassing market predictions which had anticipated a decline of 0.1%. This follows a revised decrease of 0.4% in July. Manufacturing output, representing roughly 78% of total industrial production, climbed by 0.2% after having fallen by 0.1% in July, contrary to expectations of another 0.2% decline. Meanwhile, mining output saw a 0.9% upturn, while the utilities index fell by 2%. This was driven by a 2.3% reduction in the output of electric utilities, which more than offset a 0.2% rise in natural gas utilities output. Capacity utilization held steady at 77.4%, remaining 2.2 percentage points lower than its long-term average from 1972 to 2024.