Still on track for a stronger Q2

Despite the dip in this week’s Markit/CIPS PMI surveys for June, they still provided some reassurance that growth will pick-up in Q2. But this week’s hard data for the industrial and construction sectors were far from encouraging. As a result, while we still think that the economy will gain some momentum in Q2, the risks to our 0.4% forecast are probably now skewed slightly to the downside.

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