Industrial output to fall at double-digit pace

Manufacturing PMIs for April fell sharply, but the way the surveys are constructed means that conditions may be even worse than the headline figures suggest. Indeed, the sub-components of the surveys are consistent with global industrial output contracting by more than 10% y/y.

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