Biz | April 5, 2012 at 16:42
Economists had predicted a rise in output
UK manufacturing output in shock fall in February
Economists had predicted a rise in outputUK manufacturing output fell by 1% in February, suffering its biggest monthly fall for 10 months, casting doubt on the country's economic recovery.
Factory output was also down 1.4% compared with a year ago, the Office for National Statistics said.
The figures were much worse than expected. Economists had forecast a 0.1% rise for both the month and year.
The wider measure of industrial production rose 0.4% month-on-month but was down 2.3% on February 2011.
source: bbcuk
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