IHS Markit/CIPS Flash PMIs (Dec.)

The small rebound in the composite PMI in December suggests that GDP did not make much of a recovery after the hit to activity from the COVID-19 lockdown in November. But it is probably understating the rebound in GDP in December. In any case, the outlook ahead is brighter than most realise.

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