USA: Industrial production rises slightly

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) – US industry produced slightly more in November. Compared to the previous month, total manufacturing rose by 0.2 percent, as the US Federal Reserve announced in Washington on Friday. Analysts had expected a slightly more significant increase of 0.3 percent. The increase follows a sharp decline of 0.9 percent in the previous month. Capacity utilization rose slightly to 78.8 percent. This was below market expectations of 79.1 percent./bgf/jsl/men

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