The manufacturing sector in Japan continued to contract in October, albeit at a slower pace, the latest survey from Jibun Bank revealed on Wednesday with a manufacturing PMI score of 48.7.
That's up from 48.5, although it remains beneath the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
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