The index of production in construction recorded a year-on-year reduction of 19.2% in the quarter ending in June 2012 (3 months moving average, working days and seasonally adjusted), down by 1.0 percentage points from the rate observed in May (-18.2%). Employment, and wages and salaries registered year-on-year change rates of -17.9% and  21.5%, respectively (-17.6% and -20.2% in May).