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US industrial output rose a modest 0.7% in April

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WASHINGTON – U.S. industrial production increased for a second straight month in April as more factories came online after being shutdown by winter ice storms.

Industrial production — which includes output at factories, mines and utilities — rose 0.7% last month, down from a sharp gain of 2.4% in March, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

Manufacturing output rose 0.4%, even as a shortage of semiconductor chips caused auto production to fall. The manufacturing of machinery, steel and other metals, and chemicals rose.

Utility production climbed 2.6%, after a sharp drop in March. And mines lifted production 0.7% last month. The U.S. economy is expanding at a healthy clip as consumers become more confident and states and cities relax

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