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 KEY REPORT TO CONFIRM SLOWDOWN         
                                        
 Manufacturing is starting to wilt under
 the heat from stirling and sluggish    
 growth in export markets, with key data
 on Monday set to confirm the slowdown. 
                                        
 UBS says the pound effect will probably
 bj evident in weaker orders in the     
 latest Purchasing Managjts' Index.     
                                        
 Depleted order books bode ill for      
 employment levels in manufacturing, the
 brokjt added.                          
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