USA: Manufacturing Output Stalls in May.

Manufacturing output in the United States was unchanged in May, missing market expectations for a 0.3% rise, following an upwardly revised 0.7% increase in April. Production of durable goods rose 0.8%, with output increasing in almost all categories. Within durables, the indexes for wood products, nonmetallic mineral products, primary metals, and motor vehicles and parts each grew by more than 1%. Production of nondurable goods fell 0.9% in May, with declines across almost all categories. Capacity utilization in manufacturing was unchanged in May at 75.7%, a level 2.5 percentage points below its long-run average (1972–2025).