...month's slowdown. **************************************************************** KEY POINTS: (y/y change in pct) Oct Sept Oct forecast Industrial output 8.4 1.3 (1.2) 6.0 Industrial sales 9.3 3.3 (3.3) n/a Construction output 3.5 -1.9(-1.8) n/a (Full table of data............................[ID:nPRA001660]) - Seasonally-adjusted output rises 2.0 percent month-on-month. COMMENTARY: ECONOMIC RESEARCH, RAIFFEISENBANK, PRAGUE "Industrial output regained pace thanks to export industries. Orders posted a sharp rise. Companies are doing all they can to fulfill them. Output growth is hitting the capacity barrier, and its rate is slowing. We expect this year's industrial output growth to be 9 percent, and 7 percent next year." PETR DUFEK, ANALYST, CSOB BANK, PRAGUE "Output growth was very strong ... mainly thanks to the automobile and electronics industry. The favourable numbers show that companies are still doing very well in taking advantage of opportunities on foreign markets. However, what will be more exciting will be results for November, when the crown firmed sharply." BACKGROUND: - October foreign trade figures...................[ID:nL0594409] - Report on last Czech c.bank rate decision [ID:nL29206268] [ID:nPRA001631] [ID:n29679528] LINKS: - For further details on October output and sales numbers and past data, Reuters 3000 Xtra users can click on the Czech Statistical Bureau's Website: http://www.czso.cz/eng/csu.nsf/kalendar/2004-pru - For LIVE Czech economic data releases, click on - Instant Views on other Czech data [CZ/INSTANT] - Overview of Czech macroeconomic indicators [CZ/ECI] - Key data releases in central Europe [CEE-CONVERGENCE-WATCH] - For Czech money markets data click on - Czech money guide - Czech benchmark state bond prices - Czech forward money market rates (Reporting by Marek Petrus; Editing by Ruth Pitchford) Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/INDUSTRY
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