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Macro Weekly – Distortions, distortions, I am giving up, see you after Easter

PublicationMacro economy
1 February 2019, 1:00 am
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It is increasingly hard to read the tea leaves of the global economy due to distortions. A few surprisingly good European indicators, but weakness persists. Further fall Asian PMIs.

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Author: Han de Jong

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