Economic Buzz: UK industrial production up 0.3% in September

Production output in the United Kingdom increased by 0.3% in September compared to the previous month, the Office for National Statistics revealed in a report on Thursday.

According to the data, manufacturing and mining and quarrying contributed to the rise, advancing 0.7% and 1.4%, respectively. Meanwhile, the increase was partially offset by a decline of 1.7% in water supply and sewerage and a drop of 0.3% in electricity and gas.

In the three months to September, production went up 0.1% compared to the previous three-month period, with water manufacturing climbing 0.9%.

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