{"id":325301,"date":"2026-03-02T17:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325301\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:55:16","slug":"manufacturing-sees-strongest-growth-in-seven-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325301\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing sees strongest growth in seven months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The country&#8217;s manufacturing sector showed its strongest growth in seven months in February, driven by faster expansion in output and new work, according to a new survey today.<\/p>\n<p>The AIB Ireland Manufacturing Purchasing Managers&#8217; Index (PMI) rose to 53.1 in February from 52.2 in January, marking the highest level since July 2025. Any reading above 50 indicates growth in activity.<\/p>\n<p>New export orders grew following two months of contraction, with improved demand seen from Asia, Britain and US, the survey showed.<\/p>\n<p>Job creation accelerated to its strongest pace since June 2022, reflecting efforts to boost production capacity amid greater workloads.<\/p>\n<p>However, the sector faced challenges from supply chain delays and rising purchase prices, with input cost inflation reaching its highest level in three years.<\/p>\n<p>The survey indicated that delivery delays were the most widespread since November 2022, attributed to transportation issues and stock shortages at suppliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The country&#8217;s manufacturing sector showed its strongest growth in seven months in February, driven by faster expansion in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60],"class_list":["post-325301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}