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Services sector index increases to 17-month high in July

by AP Economics Writer
| August 6, 2020 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Activity in the services sector, where most Americans work, hit a 17-month high in July but economists fear that may be unsustainable because of the failure in the U.S. to contain COVID-19 infections.

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