June 18 (Reuters) – Industrial production in the United States started to rise again in May, official statistics released on Tuesday showed.
The Federal Reserve reported a 0.9% increase in industrial production last month, after stagnating in April.
Analysts polled by Reuters on average expected an increase of 0.3%.
Manufacturing production, for its part, increased by 0.9%, after a drop of 0.4% (revised) in April and against a consensus of 0.3%. (Written by Augustin Turpin, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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