By Joshua Kirby
The U.K. economy shrank by more than expected in October, dragged by lower manufacturing output and adding to signs of cooler activity.
Gross domestic product fell by 0.3% compared with a month earlier, according to figures set out Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected GDP to contract by 0.1%.
The economy had previously performed a better than expected, rising a little in September after flat growth in August, defying some fears of a technical recession at the end of the year. But contraction in October was broad-based across the economy, led by a slump in manufacturing and with lower output also in construction and in services.
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