GDP growth in the first quarter of 2016 amounted to -1.2% (q/q annualised) which was down considerably on the already weak 0.4% recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015. The latest BER Manufacturing Survey shows that manufacturing business confidence has ticked up slightly in the second quarter of 2016, although confidence remained below 50 points.
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