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Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Release Date: March 17, 2014 Industrial production increased 0.6 percent in February after having declined 0.2 percent in January. In February, manufacturing output rose 0.8 percent and nearly reversed its decline of 0.9 percent in January, which resulted, in part, from extreme weather. Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: Summary Seasonally adjusted r Revised. p Preliminary. Market Groups In February, the production of consumer goods rose 0.8 percent and was 2.6 percent above its level of a year earlier. The production of business equipment rose 1.3 percent in February after having been little changed, on net, over the preceding four months. The production of defense and space equipment increased 0.2 percent in February following a decline of 0.3 percent in January. Among nonindustrial supplies, the output of construction supplies moved up 0.2 percent in February after having fallen in each of the previous two months. Industry Groups Note. G.17 Release Tables: Return to top