Euro zone industrial output falls by 0.8%

Euro zone industrial production fell 0.8 per cent in November from October and was down 4

Euro zone industrial production fell 0.8 per cent in November from October and was down 4.3 per cent year-on-year, reported EU statistical office Eurostat.

Intermediate goods production fell 1.1 per cent month-on-month, and energy production rose 0.1 per cent month-on-month.

Capital goods production fell 1 per cent from October, consumer durables production was down 0.6 per cent and non-consumer durables down 1.1 per cent.

Year-on-year, intermediate goods production dropped 5.8 per cent, energy was up 0.4 per cent, capital goods down 4.1 per cent, durable goods production down 8.3 per cent and non-durable consumer goods production down 2.3 per cent.

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In the EU-15, industrial output fell 0.6 per cent month-on-month, giving a year-on-year fall of 4.2 per cent.