Specifically, the business climate indicator ticked down to 0.16, from July's reading of 0.17. However, the number was better than the fall to 0.10 that consensus had expected.

“Manager's more optimistic appraisals of past production and, to a lesser extent, expert order books were offset by a a marked decrease...

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