and hydrocarbons sectors, as well as in residential and non-residential buildings, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) has reported.
Likewise,
public investment increased 6% in the second quarter of this year, driven by greater expenditures executed by the national (20.5%) and local (16.7%) governments.
However, investment executed by regional governments decreased 9.8%.
In the second quarter of 2019,
construction (7.5%); electricity, gas, and water (3.9%); trade (2.8%); accommodation and restaurants (4.5%);
agriculture, livestock, hunting, and forestry (2.1%); telecommunications and other services (6.6%); financial services, insurances, and pensions (3.8%); as well as services provided to companies (3.3%) sectors registered increases.
Nevertheless, the
fishing and aquaculture (-30.7%); extraction of oil, gas, minerals, and related services (-2.3%); as well as manufacturing (-6.7%) segments posted decreases.
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