JOHANNESBURG Jan 12 (Reuters) – Growth in South
Africa’s manufacturing output quickened to 2.6 percent
year-on-year in volume terms in November compared with an
upwardly revised 1.2 percent rise in October, Statistics South
Africa said on Thursday.
Economists in a Reuters survey expected year-on-year output
growth of 0.7 percent in November.
Compared with October, production in volume terms was up by a
seasonally adjusted 2.9 percent and rose 2.0 percent in the
three months to November compared with the previous three
months.
(Reporting by Phumza Macanda)
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