Current Economic Trends
Mining manufacturing, services and retail sales decreased while facility investment remained steady and construction investment increased in October. Employment and consumer prices rose at a slower pace in November. Industrial production declined 1.5 percent month-on-month in October as both mining manufacturing (down 3.5%, m-o-m and down 1.1%, y-o-y) and services (down 0.8%, m-o-m and up 5.0%, y-o-y) decreased. In October, retail sales (down 0.2%, m-o-m and down 0.7%, y-o-y) went down, facility investment (0.0%, m-o-m and up 16.8%, y-o-y) remained steady and construction investment (u...