South African manufacturing output slumps 8.9% y/y in October

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's manufacturing output slumped 8.9% year on year in October, after expanding by a revised 0.7% in September, the statistics agency said on Thursday.

Factory production was down 5.9% month on month in October but up 0.9% in the three months to the end of October compared with the previous three months, Statistics South Africa said.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by Alison Williams)