U.K. Manufacturing Grows at Fastest Pace in More Than Four Years
- Positive signs on capital spending in IHS Markit report
- Survey also shows some supply constraints at factories
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U.K. factories recorded their strongest growth in more than four years in November, with firms recording strong domestic and export demand.
The picture in IHS Markit’s latest manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index follows a similarly upbeat report from the Confederation of British Industry, whose monthly factory-orders index is at the highest since 1988.