...the Slovak Statistics Office said on Thursday. **************************************************************** KEY POINTS: INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT SEPT 07 SEPT 07 FCAST pct change yr/yr +15.4 +11.1 (For full table please click on ..... [ID:nBSD000048]) - Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected industrial output to have risen by 11.1 percent on an annual basis in September . - Manufacturing production, which has the strongest weighting in the index, rises 17.5 percent on the year in September, after a 8.1 percent increase in the previous month. - Mining rises by 2.5 percent, after a 4.5 percent increase in August. - Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water falls 2.4 percent, compared with a 2.2 percent decline in August. - Within manufacturing output, car production rises by 52.2 percent from a year ago, after a 12.5 percent growth in August. - The automotive industry is the main driver of Slovakia's economy. LINKS: - For further details on September industrial output and other past data, Reuters 3000 Xtra users can click on the Slovak Statistics Office's website: http://wwww.statistics.sk/webdata/english/index2_a.htm - For LIVE Slovak economic data releases, click on...... - Schedule of upcoming indicator releases............ - Summary of short-term economic data forecasts...... - Stories on Slovak currency moves........................[SKK/] - Slovak speed money guide .............................. - Slovak benchmark state bond prices ................. - Slovak forward money market rates .................... (Reporting by Peter Laca; Editing by Alan Crosby) Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/OUTPUT
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