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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

Recession fears grow and interest rate expectations decline after surprise slump in output

Recession fears stalked the City again today as a key business survey painted a grim picture of the strains in the economy this month.

The preliminary or “flash” version of the closely watched S&P Global/CIPSprivate sector output index fell far more steeply than expected by forecasters from 50.8 In July to 47.9 this month.

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