UK Manufacturing PMI Revised Lower in World Economy News 02/04/2026 The S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI dropped to 51.0 in March of 2026 from 51.7 in the previous month, revised downwards from the preliminary estimate of 51.4 but remaining firmly above the initial market expectation of 50.1. The result reflected a degree of unexpected stability in manufacturing growth as the outbreak of war in the Middle East shocked global energy markets and hampered growth expectations among major energy importers. Manufacturing output decreased for the first time in six months as uncertainty drove firms to slow production volumes, but new orders and suppliers’ delivery times were consistent with the improving trend in recent months. Still, average input costs surge the most since 2022 due to higher costs of oil, gas, and other operations impacted by commodity benchmarks, driving half of the companies surveyed to increase their selling charges. Looking forward, the rising uncertainty dented business optimism. Source: Trading Economics 2026-04-02 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share