More to the October PMIs than meets the eye

October’s headline manufacturing PMIs released so far for EMs were generally encouraging across the board, but they do not fully reflect the very latest surge in global COVID-19 cases and restrictions imposed across much of Europe. We think that these factors will cause a renewed industrial downturn in Central and Eastern Europe, but manufacturers in Emerging Asia will hold up better.

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