Current Economic Trends
In March, industrial production, services production and retail sales increased, while facility investment and construction investment decreased. In April, employment growth dropped, and CPI inflation slowed down. In March, all industry production rose 1.6 percent month-on-month (up 2.2% y-o-y) as industrial production (up 5.1% m-o-m and down 7.6% y-o-y) and services production (up 0.2% m-o-m and up 6.2% y-o-y) increased from the previous month. In March, retail sales increased from the previous month (up 0.4% m-o-m and up 0.5% y-o-y), while facility investment (down 2.2% m-o-m and up ...