The August manufacturing and wholesale sales data were not as bad as feared, and suggest that despite the 1.0% m/m fall, the tentative manufacturing recovery that we’ve seen since June hasn’t completely stalled, with the weakness mostly reflecting idiosyncratic factors. However, the available data point to a weak September. New orders fell by 0.8%, while the S&P Global manufacturing PMI remained in contractionary territory.
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