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Euro-zone commercial property recovery hopes dashed by PMIs

This morning’s “flash” release of euro-zone PMI data poured cold water on hopes that Q4’s quarterly economic contraction would be a one-off. Indeed, it looks as though the euro-zone is now in a technical recession, suggesting that occupier demand for commercial property is going to weaken. Hence, our forecast that euro-zone all-property rents will fall by 4% this year looks to be on track.

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