The government said Tuesday for a third month that the economy is “deteriorating” after an indicator of current conditions suffered its biggest ever fall.
The coincident index slid to 100.7 in August from 103.5 in July, the Cabinet Office said. The 2.8 point drop was the biggest since the gauge was first compiled in 1980.
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