UK Manufacturing Downturn Continues as New Orders Dwindle Amid Market Uncertainty

UK Manufacturing Downturn Continues as New Orders Dwindle Amid Market Uncertainty
Vehicles are checked at the Jaguar Land Rover factory in Solihull, England, on March 1, 2017. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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The UK’s manufacturing sector has been tipped into a third monthly contraction as new order intakes decline, an influential survey has found.

The S&P Global/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI scored 48.4 in September, a slight recovery from 47.3 in August, a 27-month low. Anything below 50 is considered to show that the sector is shrinking.