U.K. November Factory Output Falls 0.2% as Economy Weakens
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U.K. manufacturing production fell for a second month in November as the weakening economy curtailed demand for metals, wood and paper products.
Factory output declined 0.2 percent from October, when it fell a revised 0.9 percent, the Office for National Statistics said today in London. The fall was in line with the median forecast of 22 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Overall industrial output, which includes mines, utilities and oil and gas, dropped 0.6 percent as warm weather hit energy demand.