Construction output continued falling for the ninth consecutive month in November 2016, going down by 11.1 percent year-on-year to stand at €490.8 million, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday. Noteworthy declines were recorded in the construction of new structures including modernization and reconstruction, which was down 15.2 percent compared to the year before, and in repairs and maintenance - which was 3.3 percent lower. On the other hand, Slovakia's industrial output was up in November 2016 by 2.4 percent year-on-year. This development was influenced by hikes in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supplies amounting to 6.2 percent; in manufacturing by 2.4 percent; and a drop in mining and quarrying of 14.5 percent.
Zuzana Botíková, Photo: TASR
