US manufacturing output was unchanged in July 2025, after increasing 0.3% in June and compared with market expectations of a 0.1% decrease. The production of durables increased 0.3%. Within durables, the indexes for electrical equipment, appliances, and components, for aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment, for furniture and related products, and for other miscellaneous manufacturing each rose 1% or more. In contrast, the indexes for primary metals, for machinery, and for motor vehicles and parts each declined 0.3%. The production of nondurables decreased 0.4%, with output declining in all nondurables categories. Capacity utilization for manufacturing edged down 0.1% in July to 76.8%, a rate that is 1.4 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2024) average.