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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Eurozone business activity losing momentum.

Eurozone composite output has declined to 51.5 in November from 51.9 and fallen short of forecasts, with a slowing of services growth offsetting an increase in manufacturing PMI to a 29-month high of 51.5. While Germany powered ahead, France slipped back into contraction and the country could be on course for a return to recession. "Deflationary forces may be gathering," says Markit of the eurozone, while growth outside the "big two" of Germany and France "slowed to near-stagnation."

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