U.S. industrial production rose a slight 0.2% in April following two months of consecutive declines, the government reported today.
Industrial and mining production was up 5.2% last month from a year earlier, the slowest pace in a year and a half, the government reported.
Industry journals said the oil cartel had so far kept within the overall production target that it agreed on last month.
past year in increasing its farm output, according to a report released Saturday.
Retrenchments spread further in the depressed semiconductor industry Thursday as National Semiconductor Corp. announced plans for a two-week halt of all U.S. production in February.
Output in most sectors of the French economy is expected to remain steady over the coming months
Wholesale prices were unchanged during January and industrial production showed an unspectacular but steady 0.4% increase, the government reported Friday, providing encouragement for the Reagan Administration and private economists who predict sustained growth and low inflation ahead.
Belgium's seasonally unadjusted industrial production jumped 9.9% in February from January but was still down 0.2% from a year earlier, the National Institute of Statistics said.
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San Diego County's manufacturing output hit a record $10.5 billion in 1984, up 21.7%, according to
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has abandoned its output quota set by the now
Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up a tiny 0.1% last month, continuing the pattern of weak growth evident all year long, the government reported today.
OPEC has reached agreement in principle on a 5% to 10% cut in its output in the first quarter of
Domestic oil production will continue to fall this year even if world oil prices remain relatively stable, the Energy Department predicted Wednesday.
After three months of lackluster performance, U.S. industrial production posted a sharp 0.6% rise in November, the best showing since last April, the government said Monday.
Doldrums in the auto and steel industries and a steep decline in oil and gas drilling pushed industrial production down 0.5% in March, the Federal Reserve Board said today.
The U.S. industrial operating rate fell to just 79% of capacity in October, reflecting the weakness in American manufacturing, the government reported today.
Industrial production edged up 0.2% in April following two months of declines, the government reported Thursday.
A majority of the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Saturday to an interim pricing and production strategy that, even if strictly carried out, probably will not significantly alter the present depressed cost of a barrel of oil.
Production of primary aluminum by member companies of the International Primary Aluminium Institute fell 1.1% in January from December, but was up 0.4% from January, 1984, the group said.