14:15 - dados USA
Enviado: 16/1/2004 15:18U.S. DEC INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.1% VS 0.4 FORECAST
U.S. Dec industrial production up 0.1%; capacity 75.8%
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Industrial output in the United States rose 0.1 percent in December, the Federal Reserve said Friday. Wall Street economists polled by CBS MarketWatch had predicted a 0.4 percent gain in the month. Capacity utilization was unchanged from a revised 75.8 percent, the highest in more than a year and roughly in line with forecasts. For the year, industrial output rose 2.3 percent. Utility output fell 1.4 percent in the month while manufacturing output rose 0.3 percent. Business equipment output fell 0.1 percent, led by an 0.8 percent decline in information technology equipment in December.
U.S. Dec industrial production up 0.1%; capacity 75.8%
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Industrial output in the United States rose 0.1 percent in December, the Federal Reserve said Friday. Wall Street economists polled by CBS MarketWatch had predicted a 0.4 percent gain in the month. Capacity utilization was unchanged from a revised 75.8 percent, the highest in more than a year and roughly in line with forecasts. For the year, industrial output rose 2.3 percent. Utility output fell 1.4 percent in the month while manufacturing output rose 0.3 percent. Business equipment output fell 0.1 percent, led by an 0.8 percent decline in information technology equipment in December.