G.17 April 2026 Industrial Production: What to Watch in Today's 9:15am Fed Release

# G.17 April 2026 Industrial Production: What to Watch in Today's 9:15am Fed Release

> **Quick answer:** The Federal Reserve releases April 2026 industrial production and capacity utilization data at 9:15am ET today, May 15. March's reading was already soft — industrial production fell 0.5%, with capacity utilization at 75.7%, 3.7 percentage points below its long-run average. April may show a temporary manufacturing bounce from tariff front-loading, but elevated energy costs from the Iran oil shock likely weighed on the broader industrial sector. This is the first major economic data release under incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

Today at 9:15am ET, the Federal Reserve publishes its G.17 report covering April 2026 industrial production and capacity utilization — and for the first time in years, the data lands at a Fed in active transition. Kevin Warsh was confirmed as Fed chair just yesterday. Here's what the G.17 April 2026 release will tell us about the health of the US industrial economy, and why it matters more than usual right now.

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## What the G.17 Report Measures — and Why This Release Is Different

The G.17 is one of the Federal Reserve's oldest and most closely watched statistical releases. Published monthly, it tracks two things: **industrial production** (a measure of real output from factories, mines, and utilities) and **capacity utilization** (the percentage of productive capacity actually being used across US industry).