In April 2025, after two months of growth, production fell in the manufacturing industry (-0.6% after +0.5% in March 2025) and more significantly in industry as a whole (-1.4% after +0.1%). In April 2025*, production fell sharply again in the extractive industries, energy, water (-5.0% after -2.1%) due to a sharp decrease in the production and distribution of electricity and gas (-5.5% after -2.2%): this month was characterized by particularly mild temperatures which placed April 2025 in fifth place among the hottest Aprils since 1900. Production fell in the manufacture of transport equipment (-2.4% after +2.6%): it ... (full story)