February’s renewed rise in the EC’s Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) for the euro-zone still left it at a depressed level by pre-pandemic standards and supports our view that activity will remain weak in Q1. Echoing the flash PMIs, it also suggested that price pressures are building in the manufacturing sector.
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