It also indicated that output and new work picked up for businesses last month.

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Also, the euro zone PMI came in at 45.1 in June, the same as May, which had indicated the fastest slowdown in factory output in three years.

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The index indicated firms were working through backlogs of work to sustain output growth.

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It also indicated a growing divergence between Germany and France, with output rising in Germany but declining at an increasing pace in France.

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