23-08-2016 12:51 via news.yahoo.com

UK manufacturing export orders highest in two years after Brexit vote

Orders for British manufacturing exports rose to their highest level in two years in August helped by the Brexit-induced fall in sterling but the weaker pound also pushed up price expectations to their highest in over a year, a survey showed. An index measuring overall factory orders dipped slightly in August to -5 from -4 in July but export orders improved to -6 from -22, their highest since August 2014, the survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed. "It's good to see manufacturing
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