French June Industrial Production -1.1% on Month

French industrial production fell further than expected in June as manufactured goods output declined, statistics showed Thursday.

Industrial output in the eurozone's second-largest economy fell 1.1% on the month in June.

Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast industrial production would decline by 0.5%.

Within the overall figure, manufacturing output fell 0.9% on the month.

Write to Noemie Bisserbe at noemie.bisserbe@wsj.com

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August 10, 2017 02:59 ET (06:59 GMT)