PRAG (dpa-AFX) - The Czech Republic's industrial production growth rose in April after slowing in the previous month, the Czech Statistical Office reported on Thursday.
Industrial production grew 3.3 percent year-on-year in April, after a 0.2 percent increase in March. Economists had expected a 2.7 percent rise.
Manufacturing output rose 3.1 percent annually in April, following a 2.2 percent increase in the previous month.
On a month-on-month basis, industrial production increased 0.8 percent in April, after a 0.1 percent rise in the prior month.
Another report from the statistical office showed that the construction output climbed 8.9 percent annually in April, after a 12.0 percent rise in March.
On a monthly basis, construction output declined 0.4 percent in April.
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