A report released by the Federal Reserve on Friday showed U.S. industrial production was unexpectedly unchanged in the month of February.
The Fed said industrial production was unchanged in February following a revised 0.3 percent increase in January.
Economists had expected industrial production to rise by 0.2 percent compared to the unchanged reading originally reported for the previous month.
Industrial production came in unchanged as a 0.1 percent uptick in manufacturing output and a 0.5 percent advance in utilities output were offset by a 0.6 percent drop in mining output.
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