PMIs suggest global industry off to a weak start in Q3

The latest manufacturing PMIs suggest that global industrial activity slowed sharply at the start of Q3, and that activity will probably slow further. But weaker activity hasn’t taken the heat out of price pressures in advanced economies, meaning that central banks will loosen policy gradually.

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