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Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
State Coincident Indexes in April 2022
State Labor Markets in April 2022
Profits & Margins Plunge In Q1: Expect More Margin Contraction As Fed Squeezes Inflation
The Many Links of Inflation Cycle: Hard Landing Is Needed to Crack Them
Peak Inflation and Fed Policy: A Relationship which Should Worry the Fed and Scare Investors
by Robert Brusca December 10, 2007
Industrial production in France was up strongly in October
showing a rise of 2.1%. In the past three months overall output is up
but without any real strong sector leadership. Auto sales are up
strongly in October. In the quarter to date output is up strongly over
its Q3 level expanding at an 8.1% annual rate. France follows the same
trend as Germany as its consumer goods output is lagging, falling by
2.1% so far in Q3. Capital goods output is up at a 6.9% annual rate in
Q4. Europe continues to show weak consumer demand/output and displays
an ongoing strong capital goods sector.
| French IP excluding Construction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saar exept m/m | Oct-07 | Sep-07 | Aug-07 | 3-mo | 6-mo | 12-mo |
| IP total | 2.1% | -1.2% | 0.1% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 4.0% |
| Consumer goods | 0.4% | -1.5% | 0.9% | -1.1% | 3.3% | 1.6% |
| Capital goods | 1.0% | -1.0% | -0.1% | -0.3% | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| Intermediate goods | 1.9% | -0.9% | -0.6% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Memo | ||||||
| Auto | 6.9% | -4.0% | 1.3% | 16.5% | 6.9% | 5.7% |
