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Manufacturing lifts Asia recovery hopes

By Kevin Brown in Singapore

Published: November 2 2009 07:47 | Last updated: November 2 2009 07:47

A raft of positive industrial production reports from Asian countries provided powerful evidence on Monday that the region’s rapid recovery from recession is underpinned by a sustainable improvement in manufacturing output.

Purchasing managers’ index reports from India, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan echoed figures over the weekend from Japan and China in confirming that a robust and widespread recovery appears to be under way.

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