September’s CIPS/Markit report on services was consistent with the message from the other activity surveys released earlier this week, namely of an economy which is struggling to grow. While some softening in activity in September was always possible given a temporary boost from the Olympics in August, the big picture is that the business surveys remain at fairly weak levels.
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