Europe · Business news · Economy · 07 Oct 2026
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Germany's industrial production rose 2.0% in August from July and 2.3% from a year earlier, figures published on October 7 showed. Construction output climbed 9.3% and machinery and equipment 5.3%, while car production fell 5.4%, a second monthly decline that partly reflects factory holidays. Energy-intensive industries produced 0.5% less than in July and 2.1% less than a year before. Manufacturing orders for August, published a day earlier, fell 10.6% on the month as orders for aircraft, ships, trains and military vehicles dropped 61.5% after an exceptional July; without large contracts they slipped 0.1%.
The two releases point in different directions and both are distorted: output by a construction surge, orders by one-off transport and defence contracts. Read together they show building and machinery makers busy, carmakers and their suppliers producing less, and chemicals, steel and other energy-heavy producers still shrinking with energy costs high. For listed German industrials the order figure without big-ticket items, down 0.1%, is the closer guide to demand. The data also feeds the European Central Bank's view before its October 29 meeting.
Reported by Investing.com — “German industrial output rises 2% in August on construction surge” ↗ on 07 Oct 2026.
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