Today’s batch of manufacturing PMIs suggest that production continued to rebound in September, albeit at a slower pace than earlier in the quarter. The big picture, though, is that the state of the recovery in manufacturing is unlikely to be a good guide to the broader economic recovery in the coming months. This is because it is the (bigger) services sector that will be hit hardest by second rounds of restrictions.
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