Tuesday, November 11, 2008

French Industrial Production Down 0.5%.

French Industrial Production Down 0.5%.

AFP (11/11) reports that after a "contraction of 0.4% in August, industrial production in France fell by 0.5% in September, the national statistics office said on Nov. 10." Output "by the auto industry, a motor of economic activity in France was particularly hard hit, plunging 3.1%."