Summary
In nominal terms, the year-on-year change rate of the Industry Turnover Index was 0.3% in October (-8.6% in the previous month). This behaviour, which was influenced by a working day effect (in October 2012 there were two more working days than in October 2011), was mainly determined by the external market index, which moved from a year-on-year change rate of -7.3% in September to 4.4% in October. The domestic market index decreased 2.7% (-9.5% in the previous month).
In year-on-year terms, employment, wages and hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, decreased by 4.3%, 4.0% and 4.8%, respectively.