Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – According to a preliminary report published on Monday from the European Commission’s statistics office Eurostat, the seasonally adjusted construction output in the Eurozone fell by 0.1% in August from July. In the EU, output was down by 0.9%. The output increased by 0.1% year-on-year in the euro area, and was stable in the EU.
How did industrial production shift across EU member states?How did GDP growth perform in the second quarter?
In the Eurozone, there was a month-on-month decrease of 0.1% in the building construction sector, with a year-on-year drop of 3.8%. Civil engineering experienced a month-on-month decline of 1.3%, but a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Specialized construction activities increased by 0.1% and 2%, respectively, on a month-on-month and a year-on-year basis.
In the EU, building construction was flat on a month-on-month basis but down by 3% when compared against August 2024. Civil engineering was down 2.5% on a month-on-month basis, while there was a year-on-year gain of 1%. Specialized construction activities were flat month-on-month, but were up 2% year-on-year.
How did industrial production shift across EU member states?
In the euro area, industrial production fell by 1.2% month on month in August, Eurostat announced Wednesday. The 27-member bloc’s statistical authority also reported that production fell by 1% over the same period in the EU.
The largest monthly falls among member states came from Germany (down 5.2%), Greece (down 4.5%), and Austria (down 3.1%). The largest increases were in Ireland (up 9.8%), Luxembourg (up 4.8%), and Sweden (up 3.6%). Year-on-year, both the eurozone and EU industrial production rose by 1.1% in August.
How did GDP growth perform in the second quarter?
As far as GDP is concerned, in the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. GDP had increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU in the first quarter of 2025.
Due to the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU compared to the same quarter of the previous year, following +1.6% in the euro area and +1.7% in the EU in the previous quarter.
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