As the coronavirus outbreak intensified, the euro area private sector logged the sharpest decline on record in March, far exceeding the weakness seen at the height of the global financial crisis, survey results from IHS Markit showed Tuesday.
The flash composite output index fell to 31.4 in March from 51.6 in February. A score below 50 indicates contraction.
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