Current Economic Trends
In August, industrial production, services production and retail sales increased, while facilitiesinvestment and construction investment decreased. In September, job growth increased andconsumer prices growth continued to moderate. In August, total production rose (up 1.2% m-o-m and up 1.1 y-o-y), as industrial production (up 4.1%m-o-m and up 3.8% y-o-y) and services production increased (up 0.2% m-o-m and up 0.9% y-o-y) whileconstruction production declined (down 1.2% m-o-m and down 9.0% y-o-y). In August, retail sales (up 1.7% m-o-m and down 1.3% y-o-y) increased, while facilities in...
