UK manufacturers see fastest owth since 1994

摘要

British manufacturing accelerated again in August and new orders and output rose at their fastest pace in nearly 20 years, boosting hopes that the country's recovery is broadening, a survey showed recently. The Markit/CIPS Manufacturing Purchasing Managers'- Index jumped to 57.2 last month from 54.8 in July, its fifth straight month of expansion. The reading was the .strongest since February 2011 and beat by a wide margin even the most optimistic forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. The survey made for mixed reading for the Bank of England's governor, Mark Carney, whose cautious outlook for Britain's economy is being tested by financial markets. Employment growth in British factories slowed slightly in August as companies squeezed more from workers.