US Manufacturing Output Falls 6.3% in March, Biggest Decline in 74 Years
By Reuters
April 15, 2020
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing output dropped by the most since 1946 in March as the novel coronavirus pandemic fractured supply chains, suggesting business investment contracted further in the first quarter.
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday manufacturing production plummeted 6.3% last month, the biggest decrease since February 1946. Data for February was revised down to show output at factories slipping 0.1% instead of edging up 0.1% as previously reported. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast manufacturing output dropping 3.2% in March.
Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama.
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Source: Reuters
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