Greek industrial output rises 3.9% y/y in August

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek industrial output rose 3.9% in August compared to the same month a year earlier after a downwardly revised 6.5% increase in July, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Monday.

A breakdown of index components showed manufacturing production rose 4.3% from the same month in 2021. Electricity production increased 5.3% with mining output down 9.7% and water output dropping 5%.

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Key figures (%) August July June May April

Industrial output y/y 3.9 6.5* 8.9 4.0* -4.7*

Manufacturing output 4.3 6.5 7.6 4.9 -0.5

y/y

* revised

source: ELSTAT

(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou)