Current Economic Trends
Services, retail sales, facility investment and construction investment rose in August while mining manufacturing declined. Employment continued to increase in September and consumer prices rose at a slower pace. Industrial production fell 0.3 percent month-on-month in August as services (up 1.5%, m-o-m and up 7.1%, y-o-y) rose but mining manufacturing (down 1.8%, m-o-m and up 1.0%, y-o-y) went down. Retail sales (up 4.3%, m-o-m and up 2.3%, y-o-y), facility investment (up 8.8%, m-o-m and up 11.8%, y-o-y) and construction investment (up 5.0%, m-o-m and up 7.5%, y-o-y) all climbed in Au...