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Manufacturing PMIs highlight EM divergence

Emerging market (EM) manufacturing appears to have slowed last month but, perhaps more importantly, there is a widening divergence between countries. Activity seems to be picking up in the more open EMs, but it’s weakening in some of the larger economies (particularly Russia). Meanwhile, so far at least, the bouts of market turmoil over the past year don’t appear to have much of an impact on activity.

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