The weakness in industrial production underlines the negative impact that lower oil prices and the stronger dollar are having on the mining and manufacturing sectors. At the same time, the drop back in consumer confidence suggests that the long-awaited pick-up in real consumption growth, in part due to the earlier decline in energy prices, will be more modest than previously expected.
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