UK economy's mixed signals hard to read for new PM Johnson
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LONDON (Reuters) - Rarely has Britain's economic outlook been so unclear for a new prime minister as it is for Boris Johnson, with strengths such as the lowest unemployment in 44 years contrasting with signs in business surveys of a slowdown or even a recession.More than three years into the Brexit crisis, Britain's economy probably slowed to a standstill in the April-June period and might even have contracted for the first time since 2012, economists say.At least part of the weakness can be..