By Maria Martinez
German industrial production fell in February, missing forecasts for an increase, statistics office Destatis said Friday.
Total industrial output--comprising production in manufacturing, energy and construction--fell 1.6% in February from January in calendar-adjusted terms.
Economists had forecast a 1.1% increase, according to a poll by The Wall Street Journal.
Destatis upwardly revised January's industrial production on-month decline to 2.0% from an earlier 2.5% drop.
Compared with February 2020--the month before the first restrictions were imposed in Germany because of the coronavirus pandemic--production was 6.4% lower in seasonally and calendar-adjusted terms.
Within industry, the production of capital goods showed a decrease of 3.2% and the production of intermediate goods declined 1.0%. However, the production of consumer goods increased 0.2% in February, Destatis said.
Outside industry, energy production was down 1.0% in February and the production in construction decreased 1.3%, the office said.
The industrial production data followed Thursday's publication of manufacturing orders data for February, which showed a 1.2% month-over-month increase on an adjusted basis.
Write to Maria Martinez at maria.martinez@wsj.com
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