Industrial production in euro zone It rose 0.8% in January compared to December, according to a survey released on Thursday (13), by Eurostat, as the official European Union statistics agency is known.
The result came above the expectation of analysts Consulted by FACTSET, which provided up 0.6% in the period. In the annual comparison, the production of the block was stable in January. In this case, the forecast was 1%retraction.
Eurostat also revised December production figures for a monthly drop of 0.4% and an annual decline of 1.5%.