The preliminary estimates for GDP suggest that GDP decreased by 0.2% in Q4 2011. Production output decreased by 1.2% after a 0.3% increase in the previous quarter. Services were unchanged whereas they increased 0.7% in the previous quarter. The construction sector decreased by 0.5%.
The biggest single contributor to the decline in the production industries came from manufacturing followed by electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning.
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