It’s possible that the falls in the activity PMIs in January are overstating the extent of the Brexit-related weakening in actual GDP growth. However, the fact that the UK PMIs haven’t fallen further than the PMIs in other major economies suggests that the global slowdown rather than Brexit may be to blame. Either way, the risks to our relatively optimistic GDP forecasts currently lie on the downside.
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