Current Economic Trends
In January, facility investment and retail sales increased, while industrial production and constructioninvestment declined. In February, employment went up with a larger increase in the number ofemployed persons, while inflation maintained the same growth rate as the previous month. In January, total industrial production (down 1.3% m-o-m and up 4.1% y-o-y), as services sector remainedflat (0.0% m-o-m and up 4.4% y-o-y), while production in the industrial sector (down 1.9% m-o-m and up7.1% y-o-y) and construction (down 11.3% m-o-m and down 9.7% y-o-y) declined. In January, the cyclica...
