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India’s Factory Output Posts Steepest Decline in Eight Years

  • Index of industrial production contracts 4.3% in September
  • Capital goods output fell more than 20% year-on-year
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India’s factory output shrank to the lowest level in eight years, as a sharp fall in capital goods production underlined weak demand in Asia’s third-largest economy.