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United States Industrial Production

Industrial production for United States measures the output of the manufacturing, mining, and utilities sectors. It is released monthly and serves as a real-time gauge of factory activity.

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Latest
103.068 Index

In August 2026 (2026-08-31)

Change vs previous
+0.02 pts

Previous 103.045 Index (+0%)

Change vs year ago
+1.44 pts

101.625 Index on Aug 31, 2025 (+1.4%)

Long-run average
100.46 Index

100 readings since 2018; latest +2.61 pts vs average

Last updated

Published 2026-09-18 13:15 UTC

Next release

Time to be confirmed by the publisher

Vs forecast
--

No forecast was attached to the latest release

Revision
None

Latest figure stands as first published. History starts 1999-11-30

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Why Industrial Production matters for USD

Industrial output is highly sensitive to global trade volumes and commodity prices, making it especially important for commodity-linked and export-oriented economies. Sharp declines can signal the onset of a recession.

How to interpret this series

An above-consensus industrial production print is usd-supportive, particularly in economies where manufacturing is a key growth driver. Declining output may force the Federal Reserve to support the economy with rate cuts.

What this data measures

Industrial production measures the real output of the manufacturing, mining, and utilities sectors, indexed to a base year. It is reported monthly and is one of the highest-frequency direct measurements of physical economic activity.

How to read the release

Read the year-over-year change first to filter monthly noise, then the month-over-month for direction. Capacity utilisation (when published alongside) tells you how much spare capacity remains before bottlenecks fuel inflation.

Historical Industrial Production

Source: Federal Reserve. Cadence: Monthly. Unit: Index. History from 1999-11-30 (26.9 years).

United States Industrial Production historical chart
Suggested citation Federal Reserve, United States Industrial Production (Index), August 2026 reading, via FXMacroData, https://fxmacrodata.com/united-states/industrial-production.

Recent announcements

Latest release rows with direct links to the announcement detail pages.

Recent United States Industrial Production announcement rows
Release time Reference period Actual Previous Forecast Detail
2026-09-18 13:15 UTC
 103.068 103.045 -- Announcement page
2026-08-18 13:15 UTC
 103.045 102.842 -- Announcement page
2026-07-17 13:15 UTC
 102.842 102.64 -- Announcement page
2026-06-15 13:15 UTC
 102.64 102.578 -- Announcement page
2026-05-15 13:15 UTC
 102.578 101.734 -- Announcement page
2026-04-16 13:15 UTC
 101.734 101.905 -- Announcement page
Exact time unavailable 101.905 101.039 -- Announcement page
Exact time unavailable 101.039 101.494 -- Announcement page
Exact time unavailable 101.494 101.034 -- Announcement page
Exact time unavailable 101.034 101.219 -- Announcement page
Release time
2026-09-18 13:15 UTC
Reference
2026-08-31
Actual
103.068
Previous
103.045
Forecast
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Open announcement
Release time
2026-08-18 13:15 UTC
Reference
2026-07-31
Actual
103.045
Previous
102.842
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time
2026-07-17 13:15 UTC
Reference
2026-06-30
Actual
102.842
Previous
102.64
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time
2026-06-15 13:15 UTC
Reference
2026-05-31
Actual
102.64
Previous
102.578
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time
2026-05-15 13:15 UTC
Reference
2026-04-30
Actual
102.578
Previous
101.734
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time
2026-04-16 13:15 UTC
Reference
2026-03-31
Actual
101.734
Previous
101.905
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time Exact time unavailable
Reference
2026-02-28
Actual
101.905
Previous
101.039
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time Exact time unavailable
Reference
2026-01-31
Actual
101.039
Previous
101.494
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time Exact time unavailable
Reference
2025-12-31
Actual
101.494
Previous
101.034
Forecast
--
Open announcement
Release time Exact time unavailable
Reference
2025-11-30
Actual
101.034
Previous
101.219
Forecast
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Open announcement

Common questions

Editorial context for readers and AI agents using this page as a cited country indicator source.

How often is United States Industrial Production updated?

Industrial Production for United States is released on a monthly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData updates the series as official data becomes available. Publication times are included where they are known; planned, estimated and unavailable times are identified in the record's timing metadata.

What unit is Industrial Production reported in?

The series is published in Index. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.

Where does FXMacroData source United States Industrial Production data?

Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.

How do I query Industrial Production for United States via the API?

Issue a GET request to https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/industrial_production with your key in the X-API-Key header. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data for the most recent 90 days is public; other currencies require an Individual API key.

What is the latest United States Industrial Production reading?

The latest United States Industrial Production reading is 103.068 Index in August 2026, released Sep 18, 2026 by Federal Reserve. That is +0.02 pts against the previous reading of 103.045 Index.

How does United States Industrial Production compare with a year ago?

United States Industrial Production is +1.44 pts compared with a year earlier, when the reading was 101.625 Index (Aug 31, 2025).

United States Industrial Production API docs

Developer reference, data provenance, response schema, and examples are kept on this same country indicator page so the public research page and API documentation do not compete with each other.

Endpoint coverage and contract

This page documents the exact request inputs, response fields, access model, and currently published history window for /api/v1/announcements/usd/industrial_production.

Currently documented history runs from 1999-11-30 to 2026-08-31 for this endpoint.

Production OpenAPI schema: https://api.fxmacrodata.com/openapi.json

Data source
Federal Reserve
Access and authentication

USD is free without a key. All other currencies require an Individual API key.

Public USD endpoint — anonymous callers receive the most recent 90 days, and a release becomes readable 15 minutes after it is published (the response carries a `freemium_delay` object saying so). Send your key in the `X-API-Key` header to page through full stored USD history or to access any other currency. Date filters are applied before pagination. The default page size is 20 rows and the maximum is 100. Use either `page` or `offset`; when both are provided, `page` takes precedence. Broad windows should be traversed with `pagination.next_offset`, not split into custom shorter-window retries. If the selected series exists but a requested date window has no observations, the API returns 200 with an empty `data` array and a `no_data` object (`error_code` `NO_DATA_IN_REQUESTED_WINDOW`) carrying coverage dates, `recommended_start_date`, and `available_observation_count`; a 404 means the currency or indicator slug is wrong. Forecasts are served separately by /v1/predictions/usd/industrial_production; join via `announcement_id`.

Data source and provenance

Macroeconomic announcement and catalogue rows are normalized from official central-bank, national statistics, treasury, or government publisher releases. Responses expose publisher metadata via source, source_url, and provenance fields where available.

Responses expose source, source_url, provenance, and data_quality fields for source citation, timestamp completeness, stale-data flags, and point-in-time safety checks.

Optional Indicator Availability (USD)

Optional indicators use per-currency fetcher capability checks and may be temporarily hidden while source coverage is being remediated.

foreign_reserves
Available
cb_assets
Available
inflation_mom
Available

Path parameters

United States Industrial Production API path parameters
Parameter Required Type Description
currency YES string 3-letter currency code.
indicator YES string Indicator slug. Use /v1/data_catalogue/{currency} to list available slugs per currency.

Query parameters

United States Industrial Production API query parameters
Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO string (YYYY-MM-DD) Earliest observation date to include. Date filters are applied before pagination. Authenticated requests page through full stored history when omitted; anonymous USD requests are limited to the most recent 90 days, delayed 15 minutes, and 100 no-key requests/day.
end_date NO string (YYYY-MM-DD) Latest observation date to include. Defaults to today.
limit NO integer Maximum number of most-recent-first rows to return per page. Defaults to 20; maximum 100.
page NO integer One-based page number. When supplied, page takes precedence over offset; page=2 with limit=20 is equivalent to offset=20.
offset NO integer Zero-based row offset after date filtering. Use with pagination.next_offset to request the next page.
api_key Individual (USD: no-key 100/day) string Legacy query-string form of the Individual API key, still accepted. Send the key in the X-API-Key header instead. A key is required for non-USD currencies, for real-time releases, and for USD requests that need history older than 90 days.
Pagination behavior

Use start_date and end_date to narrow the series first, then page through the filtered result with limit plus either page or offset. The default page size is 20 rows and the maximum is 100. The response includes earliest_available_date, latest_available_date, and a pagination object with returned_count, total_count, has_more, next_offset, and page_includes_latest_available. If the selected series exists but the requested date window has no rows, the endpoint returns 200 with an empty data array and a no_data object (error_code=NO_DATA_IN_REQUESTED_WINDOW) naming the coverage the series does have.

Response fields
United States Industrial Production API response fields
Field Type Description
currency string 3-letter currency code.
indicator string Indicator slug as requested.
has_official_forecast boolean True if the central bank publishes an official forecast for this indicator.
start_date string Earliest date in the filtered result set (YYYY-MM-DD).
end_date string Latest date in the filtered result set (YYYY-MM-DD).
earliest_available_date string | null Earliest date available for this series before any date filter or pagination is applied.
latest_available_date string | null Latest date available for this series before pagination is applied.
requested_start_date string Start date applied to the request after endpoint defaults are resolved.
requested_end_date string End date applied to the request after endpoint defaults are resolved.
requested_window_has_data boolean False when the endpoint returned the latest eligible observation before the requested window instead of an observation inside the requested date range.
page_includes_latest_available boolean True when the current page includes latest_available_date. False usually means the latest row is on a different page or the response is a historical page.
pagination.limit integer Page size used for this response.
pagination.offset integer Zero-based offset used for this response.
pagination.returned_count integer Number of rows included in data[].
pagination.total_count integer Total number of rows matching the path and date filters before pagination.
pagination.has_more boolean True when another page is available.
pagination.next_offset integer | null Offset to use for the next page, or null when there are no more rows.
pagination.page_includes_latest_available boolean Mirrors page_includes_latest_available inside the pagination envelope for clients that keep pagination state together.
cb_target object | null Central bank target metadata (e.g. inflation target range), if applicable.
data[].date string Observation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
data[].announcement_id string Stable announcement identifier in the form `{currency}_{indicator}_{date}` — use it to join predictions from /v1/predictions/{currency}/{indicator} and revision history.
data[].val number | null Observed value in the indicator's native unit.
data[].announcement_datetime integer | null Unix timestamp (UTC) of the official data release.
data[].release_time_assumed boolean | null Present and true when announcement_datetime was derived from the median publication lag measured on this series' confirmed releases, because no official release calendar reaches that period. Omitted on rows whose publication time was captured from the release.
data[].pct_change number | null Period-over-period percentage change.
data[].pct_change_12m number | null 12-month rolling percentage change.
data_quality object Standardized endpoint-level quality, source, freshness, and point-in-time safety metadata for the returned payload.
data_quality.is_official boolean True when the response is backed by an official source and is not proxy, fallback, derived, or prohibited-source data.
data_quality.is_proxy boolean True when the response is an explicit proxy for the requested concept rather than the primary official series.
data_quality.is_fallback boolean True when one or more returned rows are marked as fallback data.
data_quality.is_stale boolean True when the newest available observation is older than the endpoint's frequency-aware stale_after_days threshold.
data_quality.has_announcement_datetime boolean True when all rows in the quality scope carry the required announcement timestamp field or fields.
data_quality.point_in_time_safe boolean True only when every row in the quality scope carries a publication timestamp captured from the release itself, and the result is not fallback or prohibited-source data. One row with a missing or derived timestamp clears it for the whole response, so most full-history requests return false; gate a backtest on the per-row release_time_assumed flag.
data_quality.has_assumed_release_times boolean True when at least one row in scope carries a publication timestamp derived from the series' measured publication lag rather than captured from the release.
data_quality.assumed_release_time_count integer Number of rows in scope whose publication timestamp was derived. Compare against row_count to size the derived portion of the window.
data_quality.latest_available_date string | null Freshest observation date available for the quality scope before pagination-specific caveats.
data_quality.last_updated string | null Server-side refresh or update timestamp when the endpoint has one available.
data_quality.data_lag_days integer | null Calendar-day lag between today and latest_available_date; null when the latest date is missing, invalid, or future-dated.
data_quality.source_name string | null Human-readable source or publisher label used for the response.
data_quality.source_type official | public | fallback | derived Normalized source classification shared across source-backed REST and MCP responses.
data_quality.is_derived boolean True when the endpoint output is calculated from underlying source rows, such as spreads, slopes, forward curves, forecasts, or sentiment composites.
data_quality.row_count integer Number of rows considered in the data-quality scope.
data_quality.announcement_datetime_count integer Number of rows in scope with complete required announcement timestamp fields.
data_quality.missing_announcement_datetime_count integer Number of rows in scope missing at least one required announcement timestamp field.
data_quality.quality_scope string Scope used to compute the quality object, such as full_result, latest, recent, or scheduled_releases.
data_quality.stale_after_days integer | null Frequency-aware threshold used for is_stale; daily=7, weekly=21, monthly=62, quarterly=125, annual=550 by default.
source string Human-readable upstream publisher or source family for this response.
source_url string | null Official publisher URL or source landing page when available.
provenance object Structured provenance metadata including publisher, storage layer, served_by, timestamp field, and value field.
source_series_name string | null Publisher's source-series label when FXMacroData stores one.
source_local_name string | null Local-language or publisher-native series name when available.
provenance.publisher string Official upstream publisher for the requested currency/indicator series.
provenance.storage string FXMacroData serving storage layer for the returned payload.
Example request and response

Example usage

To retrieve the first page of United States Industrial Production data from 2023:

GET https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/industrial_production?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31&limit=20&page=1
Python requests
import requests

url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/industrial_production"
params = {
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "limit": "20",
    "page": "1",
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()

print(payload.get("data", payload))