Current Economic Trends
In April, total industrial production, facilities investment, and retail sales decreased. In May, thenumber of employed persons fell, while consumer price growth accelerated from the previous month. In April, the industrial sector (down 0.7% m-o-m and up 1.5% y-o-y) and services sector (down 1.0% m-o-mand up 3.5% y-o-y) and construction sector (down 1.4% m-o-m and down 5.5% y-o-y) fell, resulting in adecline in total industrial production (down 0.6% m-o-m and up 2.4% y-o-y). The cyclical indicator of the coincident composite index went up by 0.2 points and the cyclical indicatorof the ...
