PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - French
industrial production rebounded by 1.2 percent in April from
March, beating even the highest expectations, figures from the
INSEE official statistics
agency showed on Friday.
A Reuters poll of 24 economists had an average forecast of
0.4 percent with estimates ranging from -0.5 to 0.9 percent.
The increase, coming after a slightly worse dip than
initially reported in March, was boosted by a 4.5 percent jump
in transport material production and a 3 percent rise in car
production, INSEE said.
The following are the main figures given by INSEE
(percentage changes). The year-on-year figures compare the last
three months with same period a year earlier and three-month
figures compare the last three months with preceding three
months.
Percentage change
April/M March/F 3 mths y/y
arch eb
Industrial production index 1.2 -0.4 -0.6 0.5
Manufacturing output 1.3 -1.0 -1.2 0.6
For full details from INSEE: here
For a graphic: link.reuters.com/huq57s
(Reporting by Michel Rose, Editing by Dominique Vidalon)