Overview
- Industrial production rebounded from October’s 0.4% rise to 6.7% year on year in November, the strongest in two years and above a Reuters-polled 2.5% estimate.
- Manufacturing expanded 8.0%, driven by basic metals (+10.2%), pharmaceuticals (+10.5%), and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+11.9%).
- Mining output increased 5.4% as metallic minerals picked up, while electricity generation fell 1.5% and slightly offset gains elsewhere.
- Use-based categories showed broad strength, with infrastructure and construction goods up 12.1%, capital goods up 10.4%, consumer durables up 10.3%, and intermediate goods up 7.3%.
- The snapback follows October’s festival-related disruption, aligning with earlier expectations of a manufacturing-led normalization from lenders tracking high-frequency data.