Manufacturing activity stays in contraction but index improves

Taiwan's manufacturing activity remained in contraction for the 11th consecutive month in January, but an index gauging the condition of the local manufacturing sector improved from a month earlier, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) said Thursday.

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