hehe, das wird jetzt als inflationsdämpfend interpretiert
*DJ US Sep Industrial Production -0.6%; Consensus -0.1%
*DJ US Sep Capacity Util -0.6-Pt At 81.9%; Consensus 82.2%
*DJ US Aug Industrial Production Revised To Unch From -0.1%
*DJ US Aug Capacity Use Revised To 82.5% From 82.4%
=DJ DATA SNAP: US Sep Industrial Production Falls 0.6%
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. industrial production fell more than expected last month, the largest monthly drop since September of last year, as utilities generation plunged and manufacturing declined.
Industrial production decreased 0.6% in September, slowing down from a flat level in August, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. August's industrial production was originally reported as being down 0.1%.
Last month's industrial capacity utilization fell 0.6 percentage point to 81.9%. The August utilization rate was revised up 0.1 percentage point to 82.5%. Still, September utilization was above the 1972-2005 average.
The September decline in industrial output was steeper than Wall Street had expected. The median estimate of 24 economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires indicated industrial production had decreased 0.1% last month, while capacity utilization had fallen to 82.2%.