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Title	Monthly Industrial Statistics, July 2017
Date	2017-08-31
1. Production Trend □ The Index of all industry production in July increased by 1.2 percent from the previous month. □ The Index of all industry production in July increased by 2.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Production Index in July increased by 1.9 percent from the previous month but decreased by 0.1 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Producer's Shipment Index in July increased by 0.6 percent from the previous month and 0.5 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Producer's Inventory Index in July increased by 0.8 percent from the previous month and 1.6 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Production Capacity Index in July increased by 0.2 percent from the previous month and 0.6 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Index of Capacity Utilization Rate in July increased by 3.2 percent from the previous month but decreased by 0.3 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Average Capacity Utilization Rate in July marked 73.4 percent, which increased by 2.2 percentage points from the previous month. □ The Index of Services in July increased by 0.6 percent from the previous month and 2.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. 2. Consumption Trend □ The Retail Sales Index in July increased by 0.2 percent from the previous month and 3.5 percent from the same period of the previous year. 3. Investment Trend □ The Equipment Investment Index in July decreased by 5.1 percent from the previous month but increased by 25.0 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Domestic Machinery Shipment Index in July increased by 13.6 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The value of Domestic Machinery Orders Received in July increased by 40.8 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ In July, the value of Construction Completed at constant prices increased by 3.6 percent from the previous month and 14.1 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ In July, the value of Construction Orders Received at current prices decreased by 30.8 percent from the same period of the previous year. 4. Composite Economic Indexes □ The Composite Coincident Index in July increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month. · The Cyclical Component of Composite Coincident Index, which reflects current economic situations, showed no change from the previous month. □ The Composite Leading Index in July increased by 0.5 percent from the previous month. · The Cyclical Component of Composite Leading Index, which predicts the turning point in business cycle, increased by 0.2 points from the previous month. For further information, please refer to the attached file.
Attached File	sjcu1707.pdf