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Macro Weekly – Fed cuts and pauses, US and eurozone GDP marginally better

PublicationMacro economy
1 November 2019, 1:00 am
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US and eurozone GDP data marginally better than expected.Some sign of life in key Chinese PMI.Fed cuts and pauses.Hong Kong shows what unrest can do.

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