13/7/2011 00:00:00
Eurostat reports a slight improvement in the data on the European industrial production in May, up by 0.1% in the Euro area and 0.4% in the EU 27 (in the previous month increase were 0.2% and 0.1% respectively). Industrial production in Italy in May slowed down (-0.6%) after an increase by 1.1% in April. Year over year, production in Euro area and EU 27 increased by 4% and in Italy by 1.8%.