{
  "id": 17868289,
  "title": "Eurozone manufacturing sector logs robust growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/eurozone-manufacturing-sector-logs-robust-growth",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T21:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Qatar Tribune Business",
    "slug": "qatar-tribune-business",
    "url": "https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/262247/business/eurozone-manufacturing-sector-logs-robust-growth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Eurozone manufacturing activity showed strong growth in October, according to final purchasing managers' survey data from S&P Global. Despite a slowdown in factory orders and intensifying supply-chain pressures, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) increased to 52.7 in October from 52.9 in September, indicating expansion for the sector. This reading was the highest since May 2022 and exceeded market expectations of 52.4.\n\nChris Williamson, S&P Global's market intelligence chief business economist, noted that the sustained growth since February demonstrated the resilience of the manufacturing sector, which has been impacted by tariffs, conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as rising costs and supply difficulties. He added that increased defense spending, precautionary inventory building, diversification, and shifting trade patterns due to US tariffs had created growth opportunities for many producers.\n\nFactory output continued to rise in October, but the growth rate slowed to a four-month low. New business intake increased at a weaker pace, although exports reached the sharpest increase in nearly four-and-a-half years. Manufacturers also hired additional staff, extending the period of job growth to three months.\n\nSupply-related challenges remained substantial, with average delivery times from vendors lengthening to the greatest degree since June. Manufacturers boosted their purchasing volumes at the fastest rate in nearly four-and-a-half years. Price pressures grew rapidly, with input prices rising at the quickest pace since May. In response, manufacturers raised their prices, although the extent of the increases was similar to September's levels.",
  "summary": "dpaFrankfurtEurozone manufacturing activity expanded at a solid pace in October despite slowdown in factory order growth and intensifying supply-chain pressures, final purchasing m...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}