S.Africa's May manufacturing output down 1.4 % year/year

Reuters

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South Africa's manufacturing production fell by 1.4 percent year-on-year in May after a revised 2.1 percent contraction in April, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
On a month-on-month basis, factory output was down 0.4 percent, and dipped by 0.3 per cent in the three months to May compared with the previous three months.