“Particularly weak” car production drags on euro-zone output

Summary: Euro-zone industrial production drops in February; contraction less than expected; annual growth rate back below zero; French, German car production particularly weak; expansion in only one of euro-zone’s 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 early 2016. Growth rates then fluctuated through 2016/2017 before beginning a steady...

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