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    Manufacturing Indicators Remain Positive through Fourth Quarter

    Written by Brett Linton


    Data on U.S. industrial production, capacity utilization, new orders and inventories continued to improve throughout fourth-quarter 2021, indicating a strengthening manufacturing sector. The health of the manufacturing economy has a direct bearing on the health of the steel industry. Note that some of the historical data below has been adjusted by the U.S. Census Bureau and Federal Reserve, with some revisions going back as far as the mid-2000s.

    The Industrial Production Index

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