The modest 0.4% m/m increase in industrial production in June was due to a weather-related spike in utilities demand and a recovery in mining output, with manufacturing output dragged down by another big semiconductor-related drop in auto production. With shortages set to persist for a while yet, we expect output to rebound only gradually over the remainder of this year.
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