Latest data released by Markit - 23 August 2018
- Prior 55.1
- Services PMI 54.4 vs 54.4 expected
- Prior 54.2
- Composite PMI 54.4 vs 54.5 expected
- Prior 54.3
The drag comes from manufacturing again, much like the German reading while services and composite readings showed mild improvement. Nothing to really get too excited about. If anything, the only positive is that Q3 prints aren't getting much worse from the lows printed at the end of Q1/start of Q2.
