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US manufacturing and services sectors improve in September
IHS Markit revealed today that the composite PMI output index fell to 54.4 points in September from 54.6 points in August.
The services PMI fell to 54.6 points in September vs. 55 points in August, but came slightly higher than forecasts of 54.5.
While the manufacturing PMI rose to 53.5 points in September vs. 53.1 in August, beating forecasts of 52.5.
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