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Markit Economics will release its flash US services purchasing manager's index (PMI) at 9:45 a.m. ET.Economists estimate that the index rose to 51.4 in March, after a slowdown to 49.7 in February.Although Markit's index dipped into contractionary territory - below 50 - ISM's gauge of the sector has held above that mark.But both showed that the services sector, which accounts for most of US economic output, had a sluggish start to the year. We'll have the latest once the data cross, so refresh this page for updates. NOW WATCH: The days of restaurant tipping are dying if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '41eHQ3eDop1mR-TJUbJQ9iuJT1QafRIP',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); Please enable Javascript to watch this video (function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }());

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Here comes Markit services PMI ...

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