like that, that is definitely going to have inflation pressure. it has been 45 years since china and the us business manufacturer in india fell last month, what has led to the softening? a couple of factors including lower new orders and the fact that factory output was down and out dragged the index down to 54.6 levels versus 53.6 in november. it signals an expansion so it is at a lower place. manufactures are also suffering because of the fact that exports are going down due to overall we demand internationally, hiring has been growing at the slowest
it s been a night of high political drama, with the conservatives suffering two spectacular by election defeats at the hands of labour and the liberal democrats, but also narrowly holding off labour in borisjohnson s old seat, uxbridge. let s take a look at the details. in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, labour gained the seat from the tories with their 25 year old candidate keir mather, who ll become the youngest mp in the house of commons. let s have a look at the share of the vote. labour took 46% there, and their win means they ve overturned the largest conservative majority at a by election since 1916. and in somerton and frome in somerset, liberal democrat sarah dyke secured a dramatic victory, winning more than 21,000 votes, while conservative faye purbrick trailed in second place with less than half the number. and here s the share of the vote for the lib dems, a whopping 54.6%, and they thanked what they called lifelong conservative voters for the win.
laugh. he said there is strong support for the president and approval is on the upswing. on election day it was 42.1% approve in the real clear politics average. 54.6% disapproved. today it s 43.3% approve, 52.5. a change of up by 1.2%. that s a big jump, really? okay. spectacular. here is the other thing that gets me. they say look, the election results were a strong vote of confidence in the administration s record on the issues and his proposals and vision. wait a minute, wait a minute. was it a strong support for the administration in ohio where the republican governor swept the entire republican ticket winning by 26 points? was it a strong vote of support in the critical battleground state of florida where the republicans romped to victory? georgia, they won it last time around in the presidential race.