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Macro Weekly – It takes courage to forecast a recession

PublicationMacro economy
4 October 2019, 2:00 am
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US ISMs gloomy, PMIs less so. Eurozone inflation stuck around 1%. Boris Johnson’s election campaign appears to have started.

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Author: Han de Jong

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