Production output was estimated to have increased by 1.2% during the three months to February 2026, compared with the three months to November 2025. There were positive contributions from "manufacturing" (up 1.2%), "electricity and gas" (up 3.6%), and "water supply and sewerage" (up 0.1%) in the three months to February 2026; these were partially offset by a fall from "mining and quarrying" (down 2.1%). Only 5 of the 13 subsectors in "manufacturing" increased during the three months to February 2026, with the largest positive contribution from "transport equipment'' (up 8.9%), which contributed 0.74 ... (full story)