German industrial production rose in June, adding to signs that growth in Europe’s largest economy accelerated in the second quarter. Output increased 2.4 percent from May, when it dropped a revised 0.8 percent, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said today. Economists forecast a gain of 0.3 percent, according to the median of 41 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. Production climbed 2 percent from a year earlier when adjusted for working days. Germany, which faces parliamentary elections next month, is benefiting from a nascent recovery in the 17-nation euro region, its biggest trading partner. The nation’s factory ... (full story)