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Industrial production diffusion, 6 months (Chartlas: % of industries rising)

United States · Industrial production · SA

59.6
Sep 2026 · prior 59.8

Industrial production diffusion, 6 months (Chartlas: % of industries rising): 59.6 in Sep 2026, down from 59.8 in Aug 2026.

Next release: 17 Nov 2026.

About this series

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.

Recent readings

PeriodFirst printLatestChange
Sep 2026—59.6−0.2
Aug 2026—59.8−4.8
Jul 2026—64.6+3.9
Jun 2026—60.7+4.8
May 2026—55.9−5.5
Apr 2026—61.4+12.4
Mar 2026—49.00
Feb 2026—49.0+9.0
Jan 2026—40.0−4.1
Dec 2025—44.1−4.8
Nov 2025—49.0+7.6
Oct 2025—41.4−12.4

Source: Beige Book, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The tone and uncertainty measures are Chartlas's own reading of the text.