Manufacturing growth in the eurozone weakened slightly in September as new orders and output slowed up, according to a survey.<br /><br /> This happened even though factories began cutting their prices again to try to drum up business.<br /><br /> Coming only a day after figures showed eurozone inflation slipped below zero again, the news is likely to add to pressure on the European Central Bank to expand its stimulus programme.<br /><br /> Markit’s final manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index was 52.0 last month, the same as a flash reading and the consensus from a Reuters poll but lower than August’s 52.3. It has been above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction for over two years.<br /><br /> An index measuring output that feeds into a composite PMI, due on Monday and seen as a good guide to growth, fell to 53.4 from 53.9, lower than the preliminary 53.5 reading.<br /><br /> Growth in new orders from abroad also dipped slightly.<br /><br /> The ECB’s bond buying programme has had only modest success and policymakers have hinted
