The drop in the manufacturing PMI from 49.4 in May to 48.0 in June (consensus 49.2) takes it to its lowest level since February 2013 and indicates that the sector is still suffering from a Brexit hangover and a weak global economy. It suggests that the manufacturing sector shrank in Q2.
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