Posted on 10/18/2011 6:43:10 AM PDT by Free Vulcan
The nation’s industrial production rose 0.2% in September, capping a third-quarter rebound in activity for the manufacturing sector, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.
Though the headline gain was stronger than the 0.1% that economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast, August’s reading tracking output by factories, mines and utilities was downwardly revised to zero from an initially reported 0.2% growth.
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Not much of a Thanksgiving Christmas bump is it?
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