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...“There are inconsistencies in the data set that was just released,” noted Louis Kuijs, head of Asia economics at S&P and a former World Bank economist in China....
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...Here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today: Markets: The S&P 500 will be in focus today after the US equity index closed at a record high on Friday following strong results from Meta and Amazon....
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