Factory output falls in eurozone
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INDUSTRIAL output in the eurozone fell by 1.8 percent in August, official data showed yesterday, a steep drop and another sign that recession in the 18-nation currency bloc could return.
The fall in factory output data was a reverse from the previous month, when an unexpected 1 percent rise in industrial activity brought hope that a fragile recovery in the eurozone could be taking hold.
“August’s eurozone industrial production data and October’s German ZEW survey increase the risk that the single currency area may be entering its third recession in six years,” said Jennifer McKeown, senior European economist at Capital Economics.
The state of the eurozone economy has become a major source of worry, with the IMF and other economic players urging bolder action from European policy-makers to revive stagnant growth.
The eurozone economy posted zero growth in the second quarter and all eyes are on the first estimate for the third quarter expected later this month.
Underscoring their concern, financial markets have been in retreat on worries about the European economy. Since January 1, the Frankfurt Dax index has lost 8 percent and London’s FTSE 100 nearly 6 percent.
In August, the nearly 2 percent drop from output in the previous month was fueled by a 4.8 percent slide in investment goods, which include infrastructure and machinery, and a 0.7 percent drop in intermediary goods.
Across the 28-nation European Union, industrial output fell by 1.4 percent in August from July, pushed lower by a sharp 4.3 percent slide in investment goods.
Germany posted an alarming 4.3 percent drop in industrial output. Hungary fell 5.8 percent and Croatia 4.1 percent.
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