The strong set of December manufacturing PMIs from Switzerland and the Nordics indicates that industry started 2021 on the front foot, supported by robust activity in Asia. This bodes well for Q1 and will have helped to cushion the blow from virus restriction-driven declines in services activity in Q4.
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