September industrial production up 1.0 percent
Industrial production increased 1.0 percent in September and advanced at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the third quarter of 2014.
The increase roughly matched the average quarterly increase since the end of 2010.
In September, manufacturing output moved up 0.5 percent, while the indexes for mining and for utilities climbed 1.8 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively. For the third quarter as a whole, manufacturing production rose at an annual rate of 3.5 percent and mining output increased at an annual rate of 8.7 percent.
The output of utilities fell at an annual rate of 8.5 percent for a second consecutive quarterly decline. At 105.1 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production in September was 4.3 percent above its level of a year earlier.
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