Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing weakening results in May with total industrial production declining 0.42% from April dropping 1.4% below the level seen in May 2015.
Capacity utilization also declined dropping 0.43% from April dropping 2.19% below the level seen in May 2015 to stand at 74.937%.
It's important to note that industrial production is still showing significant weakness which, if all past periods were to serve at least as a rough guide, now clearly indicates notable trouble for the macro-economy.