INSTANT VIEW 1-Czech Nov industry output growth lags fcast

    Czech industrial output rose by a 
weaker than expected 7.6 percent year-on-year rate in November, 
from a downwardly revised 12.6 percent growth rate in the 
previous month, data released on Monday showed. 
 
KEY POINTS: 
(brackets denote previously reported data) 
(y/y change in pct)      Nov      Oct              Nov forecast 
 Industrial output       7.6     12.6(12.8)         8.0 
 Industrial sales        8.8     13.8(13.7)         n/a 
 
 (Full table of data............................[ID:nPRA001116]) 
 
- Seasonally-adjusted output rises 0.7 percent month-on-month. 
- The statistics bureau says the rise in year-on-year output is 
due mainly to a 16.5 percent jump in vehicle production, which 
contributed 3.1 percentage points to the overall growth. 
- Production of electrical and optical equipment rises 13.1 
percent to add 2.3 percent to the industrial output growth. 
- Direct exports sales, accounting for nearly half of sales in 
the entire industrial sector, up 11.8 percent in real terms, 
slowing from a 16 percent rise a month earlier. 
  
BACKGROUND: 
- Nov foreign trade figures......................[ID:nL09833629] 
- Report on last Czech c.bank rate decision      [ID:nL20551907] 
                                                 [ID:nL20599163] 
 
LINKS: 
- For further details on November 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 
 
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 ((Writing by Marek Petrus; Editing by Alan Crosby; 
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  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/INDUSTRY  
    

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