Industrial Production Climbs Much More Than Expected In December

[mystery-ak]

Industrial Production Climbs Much More Than Expected In December

John Carney 16 Jan 2026

Industrial production grew at a rapid pace in December, data from the Federal Reserve showed Friday.

The Fed reported that industrial production climbed by 0.4 percent. November’s estimate was revised up to 0.4 percent from the previous estimate of 0.2 percent.

Output by the U.S. industrial sector in December was two percent higher than a year earlier, the Fed said.

Economists had expected industrial production to tick up by 0.1 percent compared with the previous month.

Utilities output surged 2.6 percent in November, likely reflecting harsh winter conditions in much of the country.

But manufacturing output also expanded. Overall manufacturing expanded 0.2 percent and is up two percent from a year ago. Consumer goods manufacturing grew by 0.7 percent after climbing 0.6 percent in November. From a year ago, it is up 0.7 percent.

Business equipment manufacturing grew 0.8 percent and is up 10.1 percent from a year earlier, reflecting a boom in investment.

Mining, which includes fuel extraction, shrank 0.7 percent and is up 1.7 percent from a year ago.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/01/16/industrial-production-rises/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Industrial Production Climbs Much More Than Expected In December

Economists had expected industrial production to tick up by 0.1 percent compared with the previous month.

This is bullshit reporting.

Name these economists and show their statements before we can believe their prognosis.

[berdie]

Industrial Production Climbs Much More Than Expected In December

Economists had expected industrial production to tick up by 0.1 percent compared with the previous month.

This is bullshit reporting.

Name these economists and show their statements before we can believe their prognosis.

Details, details...you are such a stickler. You know we aren't supposed to question. 

[Cyber Liberty]

Industrial Production Climbs Much More Than Expected In December

Economists had expected industrial production to tick up by 0.1 percent compared with the previous month.

This is bullshit reporting.

Name these economists and show their statements before we can believe their prognosis.

They never do.  It's the Fed, right?

[Wingnut]

They never do.  It's the Fed, right?

Was that a rhetorical question Pat?

[DefiantMassRINO]

The Fed has a habit of pooping in the punch bowl in a growing economy.

The Federal Reserve is one of the greatest structural impediments for upward economic mobility for America's working class.

They are paranoid about wage inflation.  Food inflation, utilities inflation, housing inflation, healthcare inflation, education inflation, tax inflation - not so much.  So wages continually cannot keep pace with the REAL cost of living for REAL working people.

They only increase rates when wages increase.  If everything, except wages, increases, no problem for the Fed.