Macro

U.S. April industrial production +0.7%, beats estimate two-fold; manufacturing rebounds

March's -0.3% reverses; consensus +0.3% handily exceeded. Capacity utilization rebounds. Tariff headwinds persist yet recovery signal shrinks June rate-cut case.

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