U.K. factory production reached a two-decade high point in the second quarter of the year, as optimism about export orders grew to the highest since the 1970s.
A Confederation of British Industry survey showed that volume output rapidly grew, with the CBI index reaching its strongest reading since 1995.
A gauge of expectations for export orders for the next three months climbed to the highest in 40 years. Inflation pressures eased as a measure of domestic prices fell while export prices were unchanged.