Europe, Asia factories end 2024 on weak footing
Financial Express Kochi|January 03, 2025
FACTORY ACTIVITY IN Asia and Europe ended 2024 on a soft note as expectations for the new year soured amid growing trade risks from a second Donald Trump presidency and China's fragile economic recovery.
REUTERS

A manufacturing slowdown in the euro zone intensified last month, with scant signs of a rebound anytime soon as the bloc's three largest economies - Germany, France and Italy - remained stuck in an industrial recession.

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