german industrial production fell in september for the second consecutive month as supplychain bottlenecks weighed on factory output total industrial output comprising production in manufacturing energy and construction decreased 11 in september on month in calendaradjusted terms statistics office destatis said friday economists polled by the wall street journal had forecast a 10 increase in august industrial production fell by a revised 35 industrial output fell 10 in september compared with the same month a year earlier and was down 95 compared to februarys 2020 prepandemic levels destatis said manufacturing output fell by 15 on month and production of motor vehicles rose 21 in september after declining 189 the previous month the data showed outside industry energy production was up 1 and production in construction increased by 11 the statistics office said the industrial production data followed thursdays release of manufacturing orders data which showed a 13 onmonth gain in september germanys factory sector remains afflicted by widespread supplychain problems with raw material shortages restraining both production and new orders according to recent data from purchasing managers surveys