Korea's industrial output falls for second month in August
![Stacks of containers are piled up at a port in Busan on Sept. 21. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/30/ba13fc30-ebaf-4e52-a6ad-d4ca0ab05681.jpg)
Stacks of containers are piled up at a port in Busan on Sept. 21. [YONHAP]
Korea's industrial output fell in August for a second month in a row, data showed Friday, amid weakening growth momentum over deepening external uncertainties.
Industrial production declined 0.3 percent on-month in August, following a 0.1 percent on-month decrease the previous month, according to the data from Statistics Korea.
Compared with a year earlier, industrial production grew 4.5 percent.
Retail sales, a gauge of private spending, however, rose 4.3 percent in August, ending five consecutive months of an on-month fall.
Facility investment also jumped 8.8 percent on-month last month, compared with a 3.5 percent on-month drop the previous month, the data showed.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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