North Florida manufacturing showed signs of contraction in October, indicating continued sluggishness among First Coast industries.

The University of North Florida Jacksonville Economic Monitoring Survey shows a stubborn trend among local manufacturers. Of the 12 manufacturing sectors the survey follows, 10 either contracted or remained unchanged from September .

Only two areas, output prices and average input prices, expanded.

UNF Coggin College of Business interim Dean Albert Loh oversees the manufacturing survey.

“This slowdown reflects continued caution among manufacturers as they adjust production and purchasing levels in response to weaker demand and persistent cost pressures,” Loh said in his summary of the survey, which taps First Coast manufacturing companies each mo

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