“Brisk start” to December quarter output in euro-zone

Summary: Euro-zone industrial production increases by 1.1% in October; less than 1.5% expected figure; annual growth rate slows to 3.3%; “brisk start” to December quarter, production just below February 2020 high; production up in two of euro-zone’s four largest economies, including Germany. Following a recession in 2009/2010 and the debt-crisis which flowed from it, euro-zone industrial production recovered and then reached a peak four years later in 2016. Growth rates...

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