Euro-zone industrial production slumps in September

Summary: Euro-zone industrial production down 2.0% in September, worse than expected; down 2.8% on annual basis; German, French 10-year yields fall; contraction in three of four largest economies. 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 then fluctuated for two years before beginning a steady and persistent slowdown from the...

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