The sharp fall in the PMI activity indices in April suggests at face value that the Iran conflict may have more of chilling effect on activity than we have been assuming, while the increases in the price index imply that inflation pressures are building. However, it will not be sufficient to persuade the ECB’s to change interest rates next week as the outlook remains so uncertain.
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