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PMIs provide first sign that external demand is faltering

The global manufacturing PMI survey for January suggests that the industrial recovery lost a bit of steam at the start of the year. It also provided some evidence that, in addition to lengthening supplier delivery times, supply-chain disruptions and surging shipping costs have begun to weigh on export demand.

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