industrial production in the eurozone rose by more than expected in august partly recovering from the large contraction posted in the previous month output from factories mines and utilities rose 15 in august compared with the previous month according to data released wednesday by the european union statistics agency eurostat economists polled by the wall street journal expected a 05 increase production of capital goods rose by 28 on month in august durable consumer goods by 09 and nondurable consumer goods by 07 while production of intermediate goods fell on month by 05 with energy production falling 21 according to eurostat for july the onyear drop in industrial output was revised to 25 from the previously estimated 24 decline despite this strong increase in output in august economists expect the eurozone industrial sector to struggle in the coming months amid the energy crisis and weakening demand