Business turnover, employment, wage and hours worked indices in industry
Industry Turnover Index decelerates
- July 2011
06 September 2011
Summary
In July, industry turnover nominal year-on-year change rate was 1.7% (5.8% in the previous month). This result was determined by decelerations observed in the sales for both markets, domestic and external, with the index for the external market moving from a year-on-year change rate of 12.3% in June to 4.1 in July. The index for the sales in the domestic market increased 0.2% (1.8% in the previous month).
In year-on-year terms, employment and hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, decreased by 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively, while wages and salaries rose 1.2%.