German industrial output rises 2.0% in August as construction jumps 9.3%

Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) published its industrial production figures for August on 7 October 2026. Production in industry rose 2.0% on July, seasonally and calendar adjusted and in real terms, and was 2.3% higher than in August 2025. The figures are provisional.

What drove the rise

• Construction: +9.3% on the month, the largest contributor
• Machinery and equipment: +5.3%
• Motor vehicles: −5.4%, which weighed on the total
• Excluding energy and construction: +0.6%
• Energy-intensive industries: −0.5%

Destatis revised July's decline to 1.2%, from 1.1% in its earlier estimate. On a three-month basis, production from June to August was 0.4% above the three months before.

Reading it

Construction gains of this size are often revised, and the rise is concentrated in one sector, so the headline is less broad than it looks. Excluding energy and construction, output rose only 0.6%. The drop in car output is consistent with the falls in motor vehicle production elsewhere this month, including in the US industrial production report.

For the euro area as a whole, output fell 0.5% in August. For what Germany's final September inflation figure showed the same week, see the German CPI report. Live prices: EUR/USD.