{
  "id": 16205467,
  "title": "US Business Activity Growth Holds Close to 5-Year High",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-business-activity-growth-holds-close-to-5-year-high",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/us-business-activity-growth-holds-close-to-5-year-high/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Composite PMI eased to 57.6 in October 2026 from 58.4 in September, a two-month low, but remained firmly in expansion territory and signalled the second-strongest increase in business activity since March 2022. Growth in new orders strengthened to its highest level in more than four-and-a-half years, while export sales recorded their largest gain ...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}