Monthly Industry Briefings > Monthly Industry Forecasts > Consumer Goods

Despite cold weather, US production of consumer goods surged inNovember, to stand 4.3% higher than a year ago. This is thefastest annual growth rate since mid-2005 and was driven by asignificant rebound in the production of food products. However,such dynamism is unlikely to be sustained, since consumerspending growth is focused upon less basic products.