October capital goods output down for ninth month
The data released on Monday shows that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) fell by the highest margin since October 2011
According to the latest CSO data, IIP contraction in August has been further revised downwards to 1.4 per cent from the provisional 1.1 per cent decline estimated last month
Within manufacturing basket, capital goods logged 4.4 per cent growth whereas infrastructure and consumer non-durables registered 5.5 per cent and 10.3 per cent growth respectively