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.
Event / data period: 2026-08
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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.
Data
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 |
| Construction | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| Intermediate goods | 5.2 | 0.9 |
| Energy | -13 | -5.4 |
| Capital goods | -2.5 | -3.3 |
| Non-durable consumer goods | -0.1 | -1.7 |
Methodology
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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