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Austria’s industry and construction output fell 0.5% year on year in August

Statistics Austria also reported a 0.9% monthly decline, with industry and construction moving differently.

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Combined industry and construction output fell 0.5% in August 2026 from a year earlier on a working-day-adjusted basis, according to the production index published by Statistics Austria on October 9. The seasonally adjusted monthly change was a 0.9% decline.

By sector, industry was down 1.2% year on year while construction rose 1.4%. In the seasonally adjusted monthly comparison, industry fell 1.2% and construction edged up 0.1%. The provisional index uses 2021 as its base; the two comparisons use different adjustments.

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Production index changes, August 2026

Year-on-year and monthly changes for industry and construction.

Industry and construction-0.5-0.9
Industry-1.2-1.2
Construction1.40.1
Intermediate goods5.20.9
Energy-13-5.4
Capital goods-2.5-3.3
Non-durable consumer goods-0.1-1.7
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Year-on-year figures are working-day adjusted; monthly figures are seasonally adjusted percentage changes. The provisional index is based on 2021=100; index levels are not mixed with growth rates.

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