PMIs: US outperformance a sign of things to come

The flash PMIs for January suggest that the US economy shrugged off containment measures at the start of 2021, but that restrictions did indeed weigh on activity elsewhere in DMs. The surveys also provide some evidence that supply shortages are exerting upward pressure on input costs for manufacturers.

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