Manufacturing slowdown eases in September
Manufacturing production contracted 2.6% year on year in September, but beat forecasts for a steeper decline
10 November 2020 - 19:30
Manufacturing production data for September came in better than expected, data from Stats SA showed on Tuesday.
Though the outcome supports the case for a recovery in third-quarter GDP numbers from the devastation experienced during the lockdown restrictions, the return to pre-pandemic levels of factory output is expected to be slow, said economists...
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