The author stated that the manufacturing industry and construction grew in August. According to him, the Industrial Production Index for Manufacturing (IPI) increased by 1.9% month-on-month in the seasonally adjusted series, and six of its nine categories recorded increases. He highlighted the increases in other equipment, devices, and instruments (+9.8%); furniture and other manufacturing industries (+4.3%); petroleum refining, chemicals, rubber, and plastics (+3.6%); and motor vehicles and other transportation equipment (+2.4%). He also pointed out that the industry accumulated a decline of 2.7% in the first eight months of 2026, a period that included July, when, as he wrote, a combination of transitory shocks broadly affected activity. Regarding construction, he indicated that the ISAC rose by 0.4% month-on-month in August and accumulated a growth of 0.8% in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period in 2025. #Industria #Construcción #CrecimientoEconómico (translated)
