UK manufacturing maintained ongoing expansion, an increase in orders and a rise in workforce in March according to Markit/CIPS figures released today.
The data, recorded for second half of March, also revealed that price pressures remained on the downside, and input and output charges both fell. The seasonally adjusted PMI climbed to its highest in eight months at 54.4. The PMI has now remained above the neutral 50 mark for a consecutive 24 months. The average reading…
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