U.S. industrial production rose 0.2% in July, the Federal Reserve said Friday.
The improvement in production at factories, mines and utilities followed a 0.4% decrease in June.
Manufacturing, which accounts for about four-fifths of industrial production, rose 0.4% from June.
Economists had forecast no change in production levels, Bloomberg reported.
The share of industrial capacity in use rose to 79.9%, from 79.8% the previous month.
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