Tracking the Euro Zone’s Crisis

Jan. 14: Factories in the euro zone ramped up output in November after two months of decline, the latest sign that growth in the region might be picking up steam. Industrial production rose 1.8 percent from October, data from Eurostat showed, significantly better than what economists had expected. For the whole European Union, production rose 1.5 percent in November from October. Both areas reported a 3 percent increase from a year earlier.