...the Slovak Statistics Office said on Friday. **************************************************************** KEY POINTS: INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT OCT 07 OCT 07 FCAST pct change yr/yr +17.3 +13.3 (For full table please click on ..... [ID:nPRG000625]) - Manufacturing production, which has the strongest weighting in the index, rises 20.4 percent on the year in October, after a 17.4 percent increase in the previous month. - Mining falls by 3.2 percent, after a 2.7 percent increase in September. - Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water falls by 6.2 percent, compared with a 2.4 percent decline in September. - Within manufacturing output, car production rises by 59.8 percent from a year ago, after a 53.5 percent growth in September. - The automotive industry is the main driver of Slovakia's economy. LINKS: - For further details on October 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 Martin Santa and Peter Laca) Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/OUTPUT
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