US industrial production unexpectedly fell in January, defying predictions of an increase due to a slump in manufacturing and mining activities, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. While mining and manufacturing fell, the index for utilities surged by 6.0 percent.
German industrial production fell more than expected in December, down 1.6%, compared with expectations of a 0.4% decline, increasing the risk of a downward revision to fourth-quarter GDP.
Waikanae couple Cathy Kern and Alistair Betts have been unexpectedly busy in their garden. What started as a curiosity had bloomed into an amateur but.