1 July 2019
UK's June manufacturing PMI disappoints - TDS
Analysts at TD Securities note that the UK’s manufacturing PMI disappointed further in June, declining from 49.4 to 48.0.
- “The details were just as soft: production contracted at its fastest pace since October 2012, new orders had their greatest fall in almost 7 years, business optimism fell to its third-lowest level in the series history, and employment fell for the third month in a row.
- The report says that, "All the signs from the manufacturing sector point to another decline next month unless someone pulls a rabbit out of the Brexit hat."