WASHINGTON: Growth in the all-important US services sector quickened in August after a sluggish July but farms and the transportation and warehousing sector reported contraction, according to a survey released Wednesday.

The monthly gain was not enough to recover all of July’s losses, however, despite rising indices for employment and new export orders, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

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