Easing Demand Hitting Manufacturing Sector Hard

Easing Demand Hitting Manufacturing Sector Hard
An employee works at the Multi Slide Industries manufacturing plant in Adelaide, Australia, on Aug. 12, 2013. Morne de Klerk/Getty Images
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The mood among Australian manufacturers has dived as the economic outlook darkens.

Manufacturing businesses have reported a pullback in new orders, stubbornly high costs for materials, energy and labour and ongoing worker shortages.

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