IHS Markit/CIPS Flash PMIs (Oct.)

The fall in October’s Flash activity PMI comes before the full force of the latest COVID-19 restrictions are felt and supports our view that GDP will stagnate, if not contract, in the last three months of the year. If the economy is heading for a double-dip, at least the second leg down will be smaller than the first.

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