shhhh. Don't tell Willie Green.
A decline in the rate of growth should not be discussed as if it were an absolute decline and, therefore, a sign that we are doomed.
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Ok,
So we're increasing at a decreasing rate.
Point is, we're still increasing (or in the case of manufaturing activities) expanding.
As the article points out, as long as the figure is above 50, the Manufacturing sector is expanding.
Yes, continued good numbers there -- and my wild guess looking at the global numbers is that even this slight decrease in the increase is just a blip, and we should see this moving back up, though it may stray down just a bit more for short time.