German Industrial Output Unexpectedly Increased in July

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German industrial production unexpectedly rose in July, adding to signs that Europe’s largest economy is weathering the region’s debt crisis.

Production rose 1.3 percent from June, when it fell a revised 0.4 percent, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said today. Economists forecast unchanged production, the median of 39 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey showed. Output fell 1.4 percent from a year earlier when adjusted for working days.