Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – According to a preliminary report published on Monday from the European Commission’s statistics office Eurostat, the seasonally adjusted construction output in the Eurozone fell by 0.1% in August from July. In the EU, output was down by 0.9%. The output increased by 0.1% year-on-year in the euro area, and was stable in the EU.
In the Eurozone, there was a month-on-month decrease of 0.1% in the building construction sector, with a year-on-year drop of 3.8%. Civil engineering experienced a month-on-month decline of 1.3%, but a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Specialized construction activities increased by 0.1% and 2%, respectively, on a month-on-month and a year-on-year basis.
In the EU, building construction was flat on a month-on-month basis but down by 3% when compared against August 2024. Civil engineering was down 2.5% on a month-on-month basis, while there was a year-on-year gain of 1%. Specialized construction activities were flat month-on-month, but were up 2% year-on-year.
How did industrial production shift across EU member states?
In the euro area, industrial production fell by 1.2% month on month in August, Eurostat announced Wednesday. The 27-member bloc’s statistical authority also reported that production fell by 1% over the same period in the EU.
The largest monthly falls among member states came from Germany (down 5.2%), Greece (down 4.5%), and Austria (down 3.1%). The largest increases were in Ireland (up 9.8%), Luxembourg (up 4.8%), and Sweden (up 3.6%). Year-on-year, both the eurozone and EU industrial production rose by 1.1% in August.
How did GDP growth perform in the second quarter?
As far as GDP is concerned, in the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. GDP had increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU in the first quarter of 2025.
Due to the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU compared to the same quarter of the previous year, following +1.6% in the euro area and +1.7% in the EU in the previous quarter.
