Eurozone Industrial Production Continues to Decline
9/12/2008 5:09 AM ET
(RTTNews) - Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union released a report on industrial production for July, showing a 0.3% monthly drop compared to the 0.2% decline in the previous month. The decline was in-line with the expectations of economists. Annually, industrial output declined by 1.7% in the euro area.
Production of energy rose 0.2% from the previous month, while output of capital goods, intermediate, durable consumer goods and non-durable consumer goods declined in the month.