Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, November 2nd.

And this is your F.T. news briefing.

Economists have dampened their hopes for a recovery in Europe

after the latest wave of lockdowns.

And the UK's lockdowns have business leaders searching for support.

Plus, it's no secret that the aerospace sector has been one of the hardest hit industries during the pandemic.

So what will Brexit do to aircraft makers?

We'll have an aerospace expert on to talk about it.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

The

The coronavirus winter that everyone's

the coronavirus winter that everyone's been worried about for months, well, it looks like it got here early.

Coronavirus cases have been surging across Europe, and several countries, France, Germany, Italy, Spain have all entered lockdowns,

which means on the economic recovery side of things,

well that's not looking too good either.

The FT surveyed 18 economists and they expect the Eurozone economy to shrink by 2.3%.

That's worse than what they predicted before the restrictions were announced.

The chief economist at Barclays told the F.T. that manufacturing has held up relatively well, but there are still major concerns about the service economy.

Despite the sour outlook, economists say countries have two things going for them.

One, these countries have been around the block

and they understand how to cope with lockdowns

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