Economic Report: U.S. industrial output falls in June for first time this year

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The numbers: Industrial production fell 0.2% in June, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. This is the first decline of the year.

Wall Street economists had expected a 0.1% gain in factory output, according to a survey by The Wall Street Journal.

Production in May was revised down slightly to an unchanged reading from the initial estimate…