US Industrial Production contracts 0.2% in May vs. 0.1% expected
Source Fxstreet
- Industrial Production in the US declined by 0.2% in May.
- The US Dollar Index holds steady at around 98.00 after the data.
Industrial Production in the United States (US) contracted by 0.2% on a monthly basis in May, the data published by the Federal Reserve showed on Tuesday. This reading followed the 0.1% growth recorded in April and came in worse than the market expectation for an expansion of 0.1%.
Other details of the report showed that manufacturing output rose by 0.1% in this period. Meanwhile, the Capacity Utilization declined to 77.4% from 77.7% in April.
Market reaction
The US Dollar Index holds steady slightly above 98.00 after these data releases.
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