UK: Focus on manufacturing PMI survey – Nomura

Analysts at Nomura point out that the UK’s headline manufacturing index has been around the 54.0 to 54.5 level over the past three months.

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“Concerns about protectionism, Brexit, China etc. could have a negative effect on this index. Combined with a fall in the business activity index of the services survey (we forecast a fall from 55.1 to 54.5) that would imply a decline in the composite index to around 54.5 – which would mean that it remains about half a point above its H1 average.”