German Recovery Signs Mount as Industrial Output Rises: Economy

German industrial production unexpectedly rose for a second month in March in a further sign that Europe’s largest economy is returning to growth.

Production increased 1.2 percent from February, when it gained 0.6 percent, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said today. Economists forecast a 0.1 percent decline, according to the median of 40 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. From a year earlier, production fell 2.5 percent when adjusted for working days.