Industryweek 6472 British Industrial Output Jumps
Industryweek 6472 British Industrial Output Jumps
Industryweek 6472 British Industrial Output Jumps
Industryweek 6472 British Industrial Output Jumps
Industryweek 6472 British Industrial Output Jumps

UK Industrial Output Surged in February, Data Show

April 8, 2014
Industrial output across Britain rose by a robust 0.9% in February compared with activity in January, cementing the country's economic recovery.

LONDON -- Industrial output across Britain rose by a robust 0.9% in February compared with activity in January, official data showed Tuesday, cementing the country's economic recovery.

And over 12 months, output jumped by 2.7%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) added in a statement.

Manufacturing output -- which excludes mining and quarrying, electricity, gas and water supply -- grew by 1.0% in February compared with January. It increased by 3.8% year-on-year, the ONS said.

Samuel Tombs, economist at the Capital Economics research group, said the figures "provide reassurance that the economic recovery has remained strong and broad-based" in Britain.

He added, "February's industrial production figures confirm that the recovery in the manufacturing sector still has plenty of momentum. The solid 0.9-percent monthly rise in industrial production -- the largest for eight months -- largely reflected a 1.0% increase in manufacturing output."

Overall, Britain's economy expanded by 1.7% last year, the strongest growth since before the financial crisis, and is forecast by the government to rally by 2.7% in 2014 ahead of next year's general election.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2014

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