1.   Rural areas supplied not only agricultural products but also a considerable proportion of manufacturing output.

2.   Mr Lamont received an eve of Budget boost from better than expected figures on manufacturing output.

3.   Data for the USA, EEC and Japan all point to an increase in the share of manufacturing output accounted for by the largest firms.

4.   Analysts had expected the report to show manufacturing output unchanged for a second consecutive month.

5.   Analysts expected the report to show manufacturing output unchanged for a second consecutive month.

6.   And government figures on Thursday showed a bigger-than-forecast four-tenths of a percent drop in manufacturing output in September.

7.   Apple produces roughly one-fourth of its total manufacturing output in Singapore, its Asian headquarters.

8.   A couple of statistics suggested that manufacturing output might finally be rising, and then on Friday, the unemployment rate shot up.

9.   A couple of statistics suggested that manufacturing output might finally be rising.

10.   A report showing a stronger-than-expected increase in U.S. manufacturing output in the Midwest also fanned investor interest in North American securities, traders said.