Economics

South African Factory Output Falls More Than Expected in August

  • Factory production fell 10.8% in August from a year earlier
  • Manufacturing output drops for fifteenth straight month
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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South African factory output contracted for a fifteenth month in August even as coronavirus-lockdown measures were eased allowing activity to resume in the sector.