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ELSTAT resumes monthly unemployment updates after review, rate at 8 pct in July
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PMI improves significantly in Aug, despite exports orders falling for four straight months
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Energy drives 0.5 pct YoY fall in July producer prices as other components rise
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Retail sales resume growth of 3 pct YoY in June, volumes record more modest rise
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Despite small drop in July, deposits stay above 200 bln mark
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Consumer and retail confidence deteriorate further in Aug due to cost of living
Industrial production continues decline with 7.2 pct drop in August
The Industrial Production Index posted a drop of 7.2 percent in August with the figure for the first eight months of the year also retreating by 3.8 percent, according to ELSTAT. This means that except for April and June, all monthly readings so far in 2013 exhibit a single digit drop of between 4.5 and 7.7 percent.
The negative performance in August reflects a decline among all key industrial sectors with mining and quarrying as well as electricity production underperforming (-16.4 and -13.3 percent respectively), while manufacturing and water supply production sh...
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