Pent-up demand drives global manufacturing revival
However, China's private PMI expands at slowest pace in nine months
01 March 2021 - 18:54
London — Demand for manufactured goods drove extended growth in factories worldwide in February, but a slowdown in China underscored the challenges countries face as they seek a sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic blow.
Restrictions imposed around the world to try to quell the spread of the coronavirus have shuttered vast swathes of the services industry, meaning it has fallen to manufacturers to support economies...
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