German Industrial Output Unexpectedly Falls as Growth Slo

German industrial output unexpectedly fell for the first time in five months in a sign that expansion in Europe’s largest economy is slowing.

Production, adjusted for seasonal swings, declined 0.5 percent from February, when it gained a revised 0.6 percent, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said today. Economists predicted an increase of 0.2 percent, according to the median of 36 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. Production rose 3 percent in March from the previous year when adjusted for working days.