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BUSINESS Fri 23 Oct 09:15
Euro zone growth slows to 4-month low
amid French turmoil
Growth across the euro zone's private
sector slowed to its weakest pace in
four months in October, driven by an
energy-driven rise in costs and a
renewed contraction in France amid
political and financial pressures, a
survey showed today.
The S&P global flash euro zone
Composite PMI Output Index fell to
51.9 in October from September's 53.1,
its lowest reading since June and
lower than all forecasts in a Reuters
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