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Relative resilience of global services provides little comfort

Global business surveys suggest there has been a more marked slowdown in the growth of manufacturing activity than in services in the past four months. But the former is a better indicator of the state of the global cycle. What’s more, surveys of both sectors are weak by historical standards.

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