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Commenting on the final PMI data, Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit said: “Although the manufacturing PMI ticked higher in June, the latest reading rounds off the worst quarter for goods producers for six years.
The lacklustre performance of the manufacturing economy adds to signs from the flash services PMI surveys that the underlying pace of economic growth in the second quarter remained subdued after a disappointing start to the year.
The upturn in the employment index suggests that firms may be expecting the recent bout of weak demand to be temporary, though hiring clearly remains subdued amid fragile business confidence.
Producers are struggling in the face of the strong dollar, the energy sector decline and presidential election jitters. With companies craving certainty, heightened tensions between the UK and the European Union are likely to unsettle the global business environment further in coming months, and therefore risk dampening growth in the US and export markets.
The data flow in the next two months will therefore be critical to policymakers in gauging the appropriate outlook for interest rates.”
