The goods carried by the railway transport in September 2009 are by 3.8 % more than in the previous month and compared with the same month of 2008 registered a decline by 34.8 %. In the passenger traffic, the total number of passengers increases by 4.2% compared with the previous month, while in comparison to September 2008, there is a decrease by 5.8%.
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, the construction production fell by 11.9% in August 2009 compared to the previous month. A decrease of 11.8% was registered in the production of building construction, as well in the civil engineering production - by 12.1%.
The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index decreased by 15.9% in August 2009 as compared to August 2008.As compared to the previous month, the Industrial Production Index decreased by 7.8%.
Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in August 2009 decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2008 domestic prices fell by 9.8%. Total Producer Price Index in Industry in August 2009 increased by 0.2% compared to July 2009, compared to the same month of the previous year the prices decreased by 10.8%.
In September 2009 the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.4 percentage points in comparison with the previous month and records its lowest level (8.6 percentage points) since the beginning of the negative development of the business conjuncture in the country in October 2008.