(July 15): With remarkable — some might say suspicious — speed, the Purchasing Managers’ Index figures for June were released on July 1. The PMI reading fell to 51.7 in June. This was down from 52.1 in the previous month but above market expectations of 51.0. However, the latest reading points to the weakest pace of expansion in the manufacturing sector since October 2016.

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