The industry inEurozone he raises his head, but the differences between the various countries remain worrying. According to the latest data released by Eurostat, production in Euroland increased by 1% on a monthly basis in August (after -1% in July), while it recorded a decrease of 2,1% on an annual basis.
Widening the gaze to the whole European Union, however, the changes are respectively +0,5% (after -0,6% in July) and -1,6%.
That ofItaly it is the EU's fourth worst performance year-on-year (-4,6%). Only Sweden (-7,9%), Greece (-7,5%) and Ireland (-5,9%) did worse than our country. The Italian figure was also negative on a monthly basis (-0,3%).