Industrial Production and Capacity Had Slight Increases in January
Increasing industrial activity is a positive sign according to AMT.
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The Association for Manufacturing Technology released its latest report on the U.S. economy saying industrial production increased 0.7% and capacity utilization increased 0.5% according to the latest report issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Manufacturers nearly kept pace with overall growth, where industrial production increased 0.6% and capacity utilization increased 0.4% after the initial estimates of both measures for December 2025 were revised down.
“Increasing industrial activity in January is a positive sign that the momentum from December 2025’s historically strong manufacturing technology orders will be carried into the new year,” said Christopher Chidzik, principal economist of AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. “The January 2025 jobs report showed manufacturing employment growing for the first time since November 2024. While the consensus opinion is that the headline figure will be revised down, the revisions to manufacturing jobs may be less intensive than feared if the increased hiring was in response to the increased output shown in today’s data release.”
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