The fall in the activity PMI further below the boom-bust level of 50.0 in September suggests the economy may already be in recession. And with weaker activity weighing more heavily on price pressures, this helps to explain why the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates on hold at 5.25% at its policy meeting yesterday (it saw the PMI data in advance). These data all-but confirm that interest rates have peaked.
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