Adding to signs of a strengthening recovery in Britain, the nation's industrial production rebounded at midyear

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After a second-quarter expansion of 0.6 per cent, the British economy gained from a surge in manufacturing in June. On 6 August, in London, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that industrial output had increased 1.1 per cent from May, exceeding economists' forecast of a 0.7 per cent increase. All 13 categories within manufacturing recorded an increase in June, for the first time since June 1992. The increase was led by transport equipment, up 5.3 per cent; other manufacturing and repair; and computer and electronic products. Also surpassing expectations was the 1.9 per cent jump in factory output indicated by the median of 33 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.