Broad increases in the flash services PMIs reinforced the signal that global activity remains resilient enough not to require forceful monetary easing.
Residual seasonality hasn’t appeared in the PMIs again this summer, but it pollutes some unemployment data. A slight majority of countries have a higher UR than a year ago.
Softening labour market trends from a relatively neutral cyclical position are consistent with gradual and limited rate cuts, even if they need reversing without a recession.
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