THE country's manufacturing sector contracted in August as stricter quarantine measures forced factories and businesses to close, the IHS Markit said.

Results of the latest IHS Markit survey released on Wednesday showed that the Philippine manufacturing purchasing managers (PMI) fell sharply from 50.4 in July to 46.4 in August.

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