industrial production in the eurozone rose on month in february despite global supplychain strains and rising input prices output from factories mines and utilities across the region increased 07 compared with january the european union statistics agency eurostat said wednesday economists polled by the wall street journal had forecast a 08 increase compared with january production of durable consumer goods rose 27 production of nondurable consumer goods increased 19 and intermediate goods 09 while production of capital goods fell 01 and energy was down 11 eurostat said on an annual basis industrial production rose 20 in february economists polled by the wall street journal had forecast a 15 increase eurostat revised data for january to a 07 onmonth decline from a flat reading previously after the revision industrial production fell 15 on year in january rather than falling 13 economists say the outlook for the eurozone industrial sector has darkened following russias invasion of ukraine strong price increases for energy and intermediate inputs as well as further disruption to supply chainsexacerbated by lockdowns in chinaare likely to weigh on industrial production going forward