Barack Obama was hit by more bad news on the economy with data showing continued manufacturing weakness overshadowing the opening of the Democratic party convention.
Once a bright spot in the US recovery, the depth of the downturn was confirmed when the Institute for Supply Management’s index fell to 49.6, the third straight month of weakness and its lowest level since July 2009.
The data lifted the likelihood of fresh stimulus by the Federal Reserve and made it unlikely that the jobless rate would fall before November’s election.
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