The index of production in construction decreased by 2.1% in the quarter ending in August 2015, in year-on-year terms (3 months moving average, working days and seasonally adjusted), down by 0.1 percentage points from the rate observed in July. Employment and wages and salaries indices registered year-on-year change rates of -2.4% and  -2.5%, respectively (both indices observed a rate of -3.8% in July).