Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday it intends to begin using CPIH as its preferred gauge of British inflation, a measure that includes more housing costs, from March 2017. CPIH does not measure house prices or mortgage payments. Source: Reuters
Russia’s industrial output growth in April 2019 jumped to 4.9% year-on-year after 1.2% growth in March, according to the latest data by Rosstat statistics agency. Source: BNE
- U.S. industrial production fell in April, dragged by a big drop in factory output as production of autos and auto parts continued to slide.
- The Federal Reserve says industrial output — reflecting total production at factories, utilities and mines — dropped 0.5% in April.
- Industrial production also fell 0.5% in February.
