LONDON: Manufacturers in the eurozone ended 2020 on a high, with activity in the sector increasing at its fastest pace since mid-2018, suggesting the bloc’s economy was less hard hit by the pandemic than earlier in the year, a survey showed.
Germany was again the driving force and in contrast to the bloc’s dominant service industry – which has been particularly badly impacted by lockdown measures to tackle the coronavirus – factories in the region have mostly remained open.
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