The most striking point from February’s batch of Emerging European manufacturing PMIs was the rebound in the Russian figure, which some have pinned on import substitution. However, our sense is that this probably reflects a more general improvement in sentiment – the economic crisis is no longer getting worse – rather than shifts in domestic demand. Elsewhere, the PMIs showed a familiar story of decent growth in Central Europe but weakness in Turkey.
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