Manufacturing sector stays sluggish but index improves

The local manufacturing sector remained in sluggish mode for the fourth consecutive month in October, but an index gauging the sector's conditions improved on the back of efforts to develop emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER).

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