Year-over-year industrial production for the month of March was 3.8 percent (February was 4 percent). As a comparison, industrial production was 8.2 percent in June of 2010 - Stat Release Date (RD) by 15th -. US Q1 2012 GDP relative to Q4 2011 was 2.2 percent from 3 percent the previous quarter - Stat RD by 5th. Key interest rates in March remained unchanged at 0.25 percent confirming a FED's pledge to maintain them at these levels until at least mid 2013 - no Stat RD. The year-over-year CPI-U index for All Urban Consumers, before seasonal adjustment, while remaining above the FED's target of 2.5 percent, continued to fall to 2.7 percent in March - Stat RD by 20th. Similarly, preliminary data on Eurozone inflation rate (HICP) showed the rate probably remained stable at 2.6 percent in April - still above the ECB's target of 2 percent - the rate of inflation bottomed at -0.7 percent in August of 2009 - Stat RD by 30th. Meanwhile, the rate of US unemployment continued to improve to 8.1 percent in March - it was 9 percent in October 2011 -, while it increased in the Eurozone to 10.8 percent. Job creation is accelerating, while home prices dip and disposable income barely improves in the US. - Stat RD by 10th. The current rate of unemployment compares to 7.2 percent in 2008 and just 4 percent in 2000. US public debt outstanding is currently 15.71 trillion, and is set to top 20 trillion by 2020 - no Stat RD -. See US GDP/Public Debt Diagram. Get relevant news on the world economy and comments from Bernanke & Co.