Euro-zone Retail Sales (Sep.) & Final PMIs (Oct.)

October’s fall in the euro-zone composite PMI to 51.9 suggests that the recovery continued at the start of Q4, but at a sluggish pace. Furthermore, September’s retail sales data highlight that consumers cannot be relied upon to drive growth.

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