Eurozone: Industrial production fell 0.3% in March - ING
|Bert Colijn, senior economist at ING, notes that the Eurozone’s industrial production fell by 0.3% in March, which was in line with weak survey readings for the Eurozone manufacturing sector.
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“A strong reading for January had provided hope for a swift recovery from one off negative factors, but after declines in February and March, it seems that the upside remains limited. The strong January figure did boost quarterly growth in production to 0.8%, which has helped eurozone GDP to surprise on the upside.”
“As businesses in industry continue to indicate that new orders are coming in weak and production expectations are sluggish, it is likely that industrial production will come in modest at best for the spring months.”
“On the other hand, the weaker trade-weighted euro and some stronger global growth figures are bright spots to the industry outlook, for which a modest recovery does still seem to be in the offing over the course of the year.”
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