January 17,2018

Activities within the construction sector for the Euro area (EA19) and EU28 increased for November 2017 when compared with October 2017. The latest data by Eurostat, the statistical office of the Eurozone, reflected a marginal uptick in production in construction for the euro area (0.5%) and EU28 (0.6%) respectively for November 2017, when compared to October 2017.  Production in the construction sector fell by 0.3% in the Euro area and by 0.5% in the EU28 for the month of October 2017. Meanwhile, year over year production in construction for November 2017 increase by 2.7% for both zones.

Please see chart below:

Source Eurostat