Slovak industrial output rose by a real 9.8 percent year-on-year in November, slowing from an 11.1 percent increase in October, Slovak Statistics Office said on Thursday. KEY POINTS: INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT NOV 06 OCT 06 NOV 05 pct change yr/yr 9.8 11.1 5.8 - Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected industrial output to have risen by 11.8 percent on an annual basis in November . - Manufacturing production, which has the strongest weighting in the index, rises 13.0 percent on the year in November, down from a 14.7 percent increase in the previous month. - Mining up by 1.7 percent, after an 8.0 percent drop in October. - Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water falls by 9.1 percent, compared with a 9.8 percent drop in October. - Within manufacturing output, car production surges by 51.2 percent from a year ago, after a 40.9 percent jump in October. - The automotive industry is the main pillar of Slovakia's economy. LINKS: - For further details on November 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 .................... ((For past economic data and analysts' forecasts, double click on )) (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) ((Editing by ; bratislava.newsroom@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 5341 8402)) Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/OUTPUT
[BRATISLAVA/Reuters/Finance.cz]