Manufacturing performance creeps below vital 50.0 mark

April saw the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dip below the critical no-change gauge of 50.0 for the first time in more than three years.

At 49.2 – down from a revised 50.7 in March, the PMI was reportedly affected by a decline in both production and new orders.

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