PETALING JAYA: The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a measure of the prevailing direction of economic trends in manufacturing, may come under pressure and see contraction over the next few months if there is a resurgence of Covid-19 and tension between the United States and China intensifies.
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