Which survey should we believe?

After flitting in and out of recession for the last five years, the manufacturing sector has seen signs in recent months that conditions are finally improving. In particular, the CIPS Report on Manufacturing is consistent with an acceleration in the annual growth rate of manufacturing output to around 4%.

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