MPC’s faith in surveys may prove misplaced

The Monetary Policy Committee’s prediction of a very solid 3.5% expansion in GDP this year is based on the assumption that the official output data will soon reflect the buoyancy of the business surveys. But in the case of the manufacturing sector, we have our doubts.

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