UK manufacturing contracts only slightly in April – PMI

British manufacturing contracted by the narrowest of margins in April, and much less than expected, the first major set of data in the second quarter of the year showed on Wednesday. The Markit/CIPS Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 49.8 in April from an upwardly revised 48.6…

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UK manufacturing contracts only slightly in April – PMI