The breakdown The final numbers reaffirm what we already know from the preliminary estimates, as private sector business activity increased at the quickest rate in nearly three-and-a-half years. That comes amid a continued improvement in demand conditions in September, completing a full quarter of growth. Overall, the pace of increase ticked up to a 41-month high. The growth in the region was broad-based as output in both the manufacturing and service industries expanded at faster rates at the end of the third quarter. It was a similar story at the national level, with all five of the countries with Composite PMI data available recording an expansion - the first since November last year.
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