Business turnover, employment, wage and hours worked indices in industry
Industry turnover year-on-year rate of change speeds up
Employment and working hours declined, Wages rose
- July 2008
04 September 2008
Summary
In July 2008, the year-on-year growth rate in Industry turnover grew 9.4%, 5.8 percentage points up by last month. This rate was determined by growth in sales for domestic (8.6%) and external (10.6%) markets. Employment and hours worked (working days adjusted) felt 1.0% and 0.3%, respectively; wages increased 0.2%.