Euro area industrial production tumbles – ANZ

By FXStreet FXStreet (Delhi) – Research Team at ANZ, notes that as flagged by last week’s German and French reports, last night’s euro area industrial production release for November was much weaker than expected.

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“IP fell by 0.7% m/m (-0.3% m/m expected), reversing the 0.8% m/m rise in October. The decline was largely driven by a sharp 4.3% m/m drop in energy production – a similar story to what we saw in yesterday’s UK numbers. Recall that oil prices fell around 10% in November, and the warmer-than-seasonal weather restrained demand for energy. Durable goods production was also poor, falling 1.9% m/m. Given the well-watched trend of weak activity in global manufacturing production, these data have had little market impact.”
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