Industry unlikely to defy survey pessimism for long

Manufacturing surveys across Central Europe have overstated the weakness of industry recently, but the strength of production growth looks unsustainable. As prolonged weakness in the euro-zone takes an increasing toll on activity in the region, a slowdown in the manufacturing sector is on the cards.

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