The Green Book: Current Economic Trends
Overview Industrial activities improved in March due to a low base effect fromthe previous month. Employment continued to grow in April, althoughunemployment went up, and consumer prices stayed stable. Industrial production rose in March (up 1.1%, m-o-m) as mining and manufacturing (up 1.4%, m-o-m), service output (up 0.2%, m-o-m) and construction completed (up 8.9%, m-o-m) all improved. Consumption and investment increased in March: Retail sales rose (down 0.5% up 3.3%, m-o-m) as well as facility investment (down 10.2% up 10.0%, m-o-m) and construction completed (down 6.5% up 8.9%, m-...