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Factories globally subdued for a fourth straight month

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Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.

I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.

Today we lead with news financial market traders are bracing for volatility over the US election-counting period.

But elsewhere, global manufacturing remains subdued as new order intakes contract for a fourth successive month. The global factory PMI is dominated by large countries, especially the US and China. But at the positive end are healthy expansions in India, Spain and Brazil. At the…

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