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Investment in manufacturing dives

13 April 2012

INVESTMENT in the manufacturing sector has collapsed to its lowest for almost 20 years. The amount of money manufacturers pumped into their businesses fell by 7.9% to £3.3bn in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter and was down 17.7% on a year earlier - the worst since 1984. For the whole economy, investment fell 1.1%.

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