Indices of Production, Employment and Wages in Construction
Construction and public works continue to be negative.
- October 2006
12 December 2006
Summary
Production in the construction and public works sector, when compared with the same quarter of the previous year, declined by 7.3% in the quarter ending in October 2006. This represents, however, a 0.8 percentage point (p.p) easing from the change observed in the quarter ending in September.
Employment, wages and the working volume continued to be negative, with rates of change of -6.3%, -0.1% and -4.3% respectively.