By Maria Martinez
BERLIN (Reuters) -German industrial output fell much more than expected in August due to a sharp decrease in production in the car industry.
Industrial production fell by 4.3% compared with the previous month, the federal statistics office said on Wednesday. Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a 1.0% fall.
The less volatile three-month on three-month comparison showed that production was 1.3% lower in the period from June 2025 to August 2025 than in the previous three months.
Production in Germany’s largest industrial branch, the automotive industry, fell by 18.5% on the previous month due to the combination of annual plant closures for holidays and production changeovers, the statistics office said.
(Reporting by Tristan Veyet, Emanuele Berro in Gdansk, editing by Miranda Murray)
