FRANKFURT -- With economic activity down in all major sectors, German industrial production shrank again in October, official data showed on Monday.
Industrial output contracted by 1.2 % in October after already declining by 0.7% in September.
Economic activity was down across the board, with manufacturing output down 1.1%, construction output shrinking by 1.7% and energy output contracting by 1.9%.
Taking September and October combined to iron out short-term fluctuations, industrial output contracted by 0.5% compared with the preceding two months, the ministry calculated.
Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2013
