Industry: production in November + 0.1%, year-on -0.6%

Industrial production in November marked "a slight economic recovery", rising after two months of declines, by 0.1% compared to October. This was revealed by Istat which continues to decline on an annual basis, with the index falling by 0.6% (corrected for calendar effects). This is the ninth consecutive drop in trend terms, although less marked compared to that of the previous month (-2.4%).