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Mixed messages from economic surveys

The euro-zone Composite PMI has held up well since the UK’s Brexit vote, but it is too soon to sound the all clear. After all, the Composite PMI measures current output rather than indicating how conditions might develop. Forward-looking indicators have been less encouraging, while the fading tailwind of falling oil prices will also dampen economic growth.

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