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US industrial production falls short of forecasts in March
US industrial production fell short of forecasts last month despite a sharp jump in the output of business equipment.
In April, total output rose by 0.7% versus the month before, according to the Federal Reserve.
Economists on the other hand had forecast a rise of just 0.5% month-on-month.
However, figures for December, January and February were all revised lower, partly offset by an upwards revision to data for March.
As a result, at 78.0% for April, the degree of capacity in use, one closely-followed measure of the degree of slack in the economy, fell short of economists' forecasts for a print of 78.4%.
Even so, analysts at Barclays Research said the figures were "a touch stronger" than they had expected.
In particular, at up by 0.5% month-on-month, manufacturing production beat their projection for a dip of 0.1%, although offsetting weakness in the output of utilities meant that their tracking estimate for second quarter gross domestic product was unchanged at up by 3.0%
In April, total output rose by 0.7% versus the month before, according to the Federal Reserve.
Economists on the other hand had forecast a rise of just 0.5% month-on-month.
However, figures for December, January and February were all revised lower, partly offset by an upwards revision to data for March.
As a result, at 78.0% for April, the degree of capacity in use, one closely-followed measure of the degree of slack in the economy, fell short of economists' forecasts for a print of 78.4%.
Even so, analysts at Barclays Research said the figures were "a touch stronger" than they had expected.
In particular, at up by 0.5% month-on-month, manufacturing production beat their projection for a dip of 0.1%, although offsetting weakness in the output of utilities meant that their tracking estimate for second quarter gross domestic product was unchanged at up by 3.0%
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