Sudden fall in UK industry output
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Industrial output across the UK dropped at its fastest pace in more than a year in October, official data shows.
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UK business investment fell at the start of 2007, the first such decline for more than a year, official figures show.
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Further evidence of the fragile state of Britain&#39;s manufacturing sector today emerged as figures showed that its output growth had shuddered to a virtual halt in September.
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Comment is free: Jeremy Leggett: Oil firms' output is down, yet profits skyrocket. It all points to the crisis predicted by the peakists
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Private investors have pulled billions of pounds out of some of the UK's best-known mutual funds in recent months, in a sign of jitters about the downturn in markets and the economy.
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Financial markets were hit hard by a disappointing jobs report.
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Sterling rose on the news, with separate data for eurozone manufacturing coming in much weaker than expected. Output actually contracted in Germany and Italy.
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UK manufacturing grew at its slowest rate in 18 months during January, a survey says, prompting fears a recovery is running out of steam.
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UK unemployment fell by 67,000 in the three months to September to 1.38 million, official figures show.
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UK manufacturing output suffered a surprise fall in August, prompting concerns over that the sector's recovery may be on the wane.
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Manufacturing output has unexpectedly fallen for the third month in a row in August and at the sharpest pace in nearly two years, official data show.
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Industrial output in Germany fell in November, hit by declining activity in the key manufacturing, construction and energy sectors, data published by the German Economy and Labour Ministry showed.
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U.S. industrial output dropped unexpectedly in January as automakers slashed production, while new claims for jobless rose sharply last week partly due to winter storms, data released on Thursday showed.
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The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 29,000 between August and October to 1.39 million, figures show.
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Britain's manufactured output fell by 0.2 percent in January from the December figure, official data showed on Friday.
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The short-term confidence of UK firms is at its lowest level in about two years, a survey suggests.
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LONDON: The British economy braked sharply in the third quarter when growth slowed to 0.4 per cent, the weakest pace for over a year, as a string of interest rate rises took effect, official figures showed yesterday.