Industrial Production
Aggregate industrial production was unchanged month-over-month in the April data, translating to a decline of 0.4% year over year.
Today’s edition focuses on the Industrial Production data produced by the Federal Reserve – a dataset which allows us to evaluate and aggregate sector-level shifts in production and output.
In this series, we’ve examined the technological advances that created the shale revolution, studied the public policy that accelerated those advances, and evaluated the current state of next-gen geothermal energy. What are the optimal policy interventions for commercializing next-gen geothermal?
This is the third piece in a joint series by Employ America and the Institute for Progress examining the potential to commercialize next-gen geothermal energy, the lessons we might learn from the shale revolution, and the federal policy changes needed to make it happen.
This is the second piece in Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy, a joint series by Employ America and the Institute for Progress, examining the potential to commercialize next-generation geothermal energy, the lessons we might learn from the shale revolution, and the federal policy changes needed to make it happen.
Last Update: Thursday, August 16, 2023 Next Update: Friday, September 1, 2023 This is the Final Supply Chain Monitor in this exact format. Starting in September, newsletter subscribers will receive updated monitors as each data source comes out, along with commentary that focuses on how each new data release impacts
We are seeing an economy that is still growing, slowing, and stabilizing as businesses come to understand the dynamics of the post-pandemic environment. With that said, we might be close to the end of the downswing part of “normalization”.
Lately, everyone has been looking closely for reliable recession indicators. We have been as well, but when we look at the overall labor market and investment picture, more and more things seem to be saying “No Recession.”
In a usual business cycle, investment in industrial equipment leads investment in manufacturing structures as businesses scale capacity up to meet demand. Today we’re seeing manufacturing investment explode upwards even as investment in equipment slows. This may be an early indication that CHIPS...
