PMIs confirm manufacturing meltdown

The drop in the EM manufacturing PMI to 42.7 in April confirms that industry is collapsing in Q2. Even though industry will bounce back in the EMs starting to ease lockdown measures, the weakness of global demand means that any recovery will be very slow-going.

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