When Manufacturing PMIs and Industrial Production Split | MarketMinder

When Manufacturing PMIs and Industrial Production Split | MarketMinder

What do you do when two indicators seemingly measuring the same thing point in different directions? Those closely watching UK manufacturing lately may have encountered this very conundrum, with purchasing managers’ indexes (PMIs) diverging from the ONS’s official industrial production measure. Whilst the former suggests contracting activity, the latter—though not strong—has trundled along. The apparent … Read more