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Indicators/Topics/Business/Industrial production/United States

United States

Industrial production

Output of factories, mines, and utilities.

IndicatorsBusinessIndustrial production - United States
World BankOECDFRED
Frequencyannual · +2Transformlevel · +1

Source: FRED · IPB54100A

Stored official data

Industrial production - United States in United States was 85.3 on April 1, 2026, lower by 1.66 (-1.9%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in index 2017=100.

Latest85.28
YoY-1.91%
10Y Avg96.60
Latest observationApril 1, 2026
Model surprise-2.71

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Industrial production - United States time series chart. Showing observations from 1947 to 2026. Latest value 85.3.

Min24.85
Mean91.30
Max137.50
Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - criticalU.S. macro backbone via St. Louis Fed; revision/vintage capable.Action: deepen nowExpected coverage: 800,000 series.
Source noteProvider health
SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
FRED
Native keyProvider-native identifier used to reconcile this country/provider series.
IPB54100A
FreshnessDisplayed as stored official data.Official provider-backed values served from the platform cache. Research and Pro receive priority live refresh when the series cadence calls for it.Fetched: May 24, 2026.Latest observation flag: Preliminary.
Stored official data
HistoryPoint-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.Vintage history is derived from FRED ALFRED's realtime_start/realtime_end query parameters.
Source-native vintage
ReuseCommercial use: dataset specific.Redistribution: review required.Do not treat FRED as an automatically reusable commercial-display source. Prefer direct BEA, BLS, Census, FRB, Treasury, and EIA feeds where possible.Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (IPB54100A). Accessed 2026-05-24. Underlying-source rights may differ.
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80 · Acceptable
ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.
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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 677 observations available; latest observation 2026-04-01; platform fetch 2026-05-24T04:47:06.532Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.
3/6 strong
CitationIndustrial production - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): IPB54100A, United States, retrieved May 24, 2026)
Retrieved May 24, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
CategoryBusiness
FrequencyAnnual
UnitIndex 2017=100
Latest observationApril 1, 2026
Platform last fetchMay 24, 2026
Transformslevel, yoy, index 100
About this series

Industrial Production: Construction Supplies

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The reading right now

As of April 2026, Industrial production for United States stood at 85.3. That is down 1.66 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 93, ranging from a low of 78.3 in December 2022 to a high of 118.1 in April 2021. The current reading sits 11.4 below its trailing ten-year mean of 96.7.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.