Industrial production grew by just 1.8 per cent year-on-year in December 2011 due to contraction in mining and capital goods sectors and a lower manufacturing sector growth. Factory output growth, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was at 8.1 per cent in December 2010.
The decline in IIP numbers will make a good case for further rate cuts by the Reserve Bank.
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