15.09.2016 15:22:33

U.S. Industrial Production Falls More Than Expected In August

(RTTNews) - Reflecting pullbacks in manufacturing and utilities output, the Federal Reserve released a report on Thursday showing that U.S. industrial production fell by more than expected in the month of August.

The Fed said industrial production dropped by 0.4 percent in August after climbing by a revised 0.6 percent in July.

Economists had expected production to dip by 0.2 percent compared to the 0.7 percent increase that had been reported for the previous month.