UK factory activity 辛勝する／優位s up from March's one-year low - PMI
By David Milliken
LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) - British factory activity 辛勝する／優位d up in April after slowing to its weakest in just over a year in March に引き続いて Russia's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国, but 製造業者s were 用心深い about the 見通し as costs leapt and 需要・要求する 滞るd, a 調査する showed on Tuesday.
The S&P 全世界の/CIPS 製造業の 購入（する）ing 経営者／支配人s' 索引 (PMI) rose to 55.8 in April from March's 13-month low of 55.2, a わずかに bigger rise than the 増加する to 55.3 in an earlier 'flash' 見積（る）.
Some 55% of 製造業者s 推定する／予想するd 生産（高） to rise over the coming year, but this 反映するd the weakest 見通し since December 2020 as 国内の orders grew by the least since January 2021 and 輸出（する） orders fell by the most since July 2020.
"Lacklustre 需要・要求する from the EU was linked to longer 配達／演説／出産 times, customs checks and higher shipping costs 地位，任命する-Brexit," S&P 全世界の said.
Higher prices also played a 役割 in 減ずるing 需要・要求する both at home and abroad, 商売／仕事s said.
More than 60% of 製造業者s raised prices in April - giving a 記録，記録的な／記録する インフレーション balance - after the cost of inputs such as energy and raw 構成要素s jumped by the second-biggest 量 on 記録，記録的な／記録する.
The Bank of England is closely 注目する，もくろむing 殺到するing prices that have already 押し進めるd 消費者 price インフレーション to its highest in 30 years, and most 経済学者s 推定する／予想する it to raise 利益／興味 率s to 1% on Thursday, the highest since 2009.
The BoE is 関心d that 商売／仕事s passing on higher costs could make インフレーション slow to 落ちる, even after energy prices stabilise. It is also 予報するing growth will slow はっきりと this year as インフレーション eats into Britons' spending 力／強力にする.
"Several companies 簡単に 公式文書，認めるd that 'everything' cost more," S&P 全世界の said. (報告（する）／憶測ing by David Milliken; Editing by Toby Chopra)
