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U.S. Industrial Production Shows Steepest Drop In Over 70 Years

With the coronavirus pandemic leading many factories to suspend operations late in the month, the Federal Reserve released a report on Wednesday showing the biggest monthly drop in U.S. industrial production in over seventy years in the month of March.

The report said industrial production plunged by 5.4 percent in March after rising by a downwardly revised 0.5 percent in February.

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