Industrial Production Slips 0.1%

Manufacturing production was flat after dropping in January and February.

This Nov. 28, 2018 file photo shows Clifford Goff, a bezel assembler, transferring a front end of a General Motors Chevrolet Cruze during assembly at Jamestown Industries, in Youngstown, Ohio. On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the Federal Reserve reports on U.S. industrial production for March.
This Nov. 28, 2018 file photo shows Clifford Goff, a bezel assembler, transferring a front end of a General Motors Chevrolet Cruze during assembly at Jamestown Industries, in Youngstown, Ohio. On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the Federal Reserve reports on U.S. industrial production for March.
AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial production fell in March, pulled down by a drop in mining output. Factory output remained weak amid a slowing global economy and trade tensions with China.

The Federal Reserve says industrial output — combining production at factories, utilities and mines — slipped 0.1% in March from the previous month.

Mining output declined 0.8% but was up 10.5% from March 2018.

Manufacturing production was flat after dropping in January and February. In the first three months of the year, factory output fell at an annual rate of 1.1%.

Utility production rose 0.2% after a sharp 3.7% increase in February.

The U.S. and China have slapped tariffs on $350 billion worth of each other's goods in a dispute over Beijing's aggressive push to challenge U.S. technological dominance.

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