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3 Numbers: EU growth sputters on, US manufacturing, US jobless
Thursday’s a busy day for economic news, including flash estimates for purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) for the Eurozone. Several updates for the US are on tap as well, starting with the weekly release of initial jobless claims figures. Shortly after, the flash report for the US Manufacturing PMI is published. Keep in mind that we’ll also see the first round of PMI estimates for France (07:00 GMT) and Germany (07:30 GMT), along with a hard-date update on retail spending in Britain (08:30 GMT) and new home sales in the US (14:00 GMT). Eurozone: Flash Manufacturing & Services PMIs (08:00 GMT) Today’s ... (full story)