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Are PMIs still the most useful measures of global growth?

Although it is far from perfect, the global manufacturing PMI published by Markit seems to be the most reliable timely indicator of the strength of the world economy. It currently suggests that global growth has slowed somewhat, but that it has certainly not stalled.

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