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Friday preview: Global PMIs, UK retail sales, in focus
The Purchasing Managers' Indices are expected to reveal faster growth at home and across the Channel, versus a slowdown in the States. That is also the consensus for the French PMIs, so it will be interesting to see if economists' forecasts pan out …