United States · Industrial production · SA
Industrial production: chemicals excluding pharmaceuticals MoM (Chartlas): 0.7% in Sep 2026, up from 0.3% in Aug 2026.
Next release: 17 Nov 2026.
How broad US industrial output growth is: the middle year-on-year change among the Federal Reserve's ~145 industry production indexes (every industry counted once), the share of industries whose output rose over one, three and six months, and chemicals output excluding pharmaceuticals. A Chartlas calculation from the Fed's G.17 data, published with industrial production.
| Period | First print | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | 0.7% | +0.4 |
| Aug 2026 | — | 0.3% | +1.8 |
| Jul 2026 | — | −1.4% | −1.7 |
| Jun 2026 | — | 0.3% | +1.3 |
| May 2026 | — | −1.0% | +0.2 |
| Apr 2026 | — | −1.3% | −2.0 |
| Mar 2026 | — | 0.7% | +0.3 |
| Feb 2026 | — | 0.4% | +0.1 |
| Jan 2026 | — | 0.3% | +1.4 |
| Dec 2025 | — | −1.1% | −0.9 |
| Nov 2025 | — | −0.2% | +1.7 |
| Oct 2025 | — | −1.9% | −2.0 |
Source: Beige Book, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The tone and uncertainty measures are Chartlas's own reading of the text.