(Finance) – Better than expected industrial production in the United States which, in the month of August, recorded a positive change of 0.4% on a monthly basis, after the +0.7% of the previous month and compared to the +0.1% expected by analysts.
On an annual basis there is now an increase of 0.2% compared to -0.04% of the consensus.
There manufacturing production recorded an increase of 0.1%, in line with consensus expectations, which compares with +0.4% in July (data revised from a preliminary of -0.5%).
In the same period the capacity of use relating to all industrial sectors it rose to 79.7%, higher than analysts’ estimates (79.3%) from the previous 79.5%.