Summary
Production in the construction and works public works sector registered -3.7% in the quarter ending in July 2007, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. This change accounts for a recovery of 1.0 percentage points (p.p.) from the change observed in the quarter ending in June. Employment and the workload in the sector maintained negative year-on-year rates of change, at -2.7% and -0.9%, respectively. Wages grew by 3.5%.