Article 1DBKQ UK industry falls back into recession

UK industry falls back into recession

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Phillip Inman Economics correspondent
from Economics | The Guardian on (#1DBKQ)
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Factory output was down in two consecutive quarters as the steel crisis helped drag down the sector's overall output

Government hopes of rebalancing the UK's service-sector-dominated economy have been dealt a blow with the latest official data showing industry slipping into its third downturn within a decade.

A slight pickup in activity in March was not enough to offset sharp falls in output earlier in 2016 and meant production dropped for the second successive quarter - the definition of a recession.

Related: UK factory output suffers biggest fall since 2013 - business live

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