FX.co ★ Austria Industrial Production Drop Eases in August

Austria’s industrial production declined by 0.5% year-on-year in August 2026, easing from a revised one-year low of 0.7% in July. Output in the industrial sector contracted at a slower pace (-1.2% vs. -1.7% in July), while growth in the “other” sector cooled to 1.4% from 2.4%.

Among the main industrial groupings, output growth strengthened in intermediate goods (5.2% vs. 4.5%), and the downturn in consumer non-durables almost disappeared (-0.1% vs. -17.4%). In contrast, the decline deepened in energy (-13.0% vs. -5.5%), and output turned negative in capital goods (-2.5% vs. 1.5%) and consumer durables (-2.6% vs. 9.1%).

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production fell by 0.9% in August, after an upwardly revised 0.1% decrease in the previous month.