Industrial production measures the production change, industrial capacity and resources of a country's factories, utilities and mines. It is an important report which reflect the strength of economy and the strength of a specify currency. It is released on monthly basis.
This report also shows their capacity utilization. Capacity utilization is the degree of capacity of factories that is being used. It is useful for a nation to observe the increase of production whether it reached maximum or near maximum capacity utilization. High capacity utilization rates lead inflation, and the central bank is expected to raise the interest rates to avoid inflation.
Source: http://ikofx.com/en/fundamentalanalysis.php
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