The index of production in construction increased by 2.6% in the quarter ending in August 2017, in year-on-year terms (3 months moving average, working days and seasonally adjusted), up by 0.9 percentage points from the rate observed in July.
Employment and wages and salaries indices registered year-on-year change rate respectively of 2.6% and 1.3% (2.0% and 3.6% in the previous month).