Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:00:47 GMT
U.K. manufacturing production grows less than expected
U.K. manufacturing advanced less than expected
in September on a decrease in machinery and chemical production, showing that
the economic recovery is losing its momentum.
According to the Office for National Statistics
factory output gained 0.1% from August, underscoring the economists' gauge of
0.4%. The industrial output lost 1.7%
amid a drop in gas and oil output. Six out of 13 manufacturing categories shrank.
A rise was