US industrial production falls 0.5% in March

THE Federal Reserve (Fed) announced this Thursday (16) that the United States industrial production It registered a 0.5% drop in March, below the revised 0.7% increase of the previous month. The market had expected a 0.1% increase.

The capacity utilization rate stood at 75.7% in March, slightly below the previous month's result (revised from 76.1%), and lower than market expectations (76.3%).

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.