May 2015 UK Markit CIPS manufacturing PMI data report 1 June 2015

  • Prior 51.9
  • New orders 53.4 vs 53.0 prior
  • Employment 50.3 vs 50.9 prior

Don't know why I had services in the original title, though I was reading up on it earlier

A drop on the headlines and the fall in employment shakes the pound. New orders rising is a small positive

A year ago we were at 56.7 and we've only shown fleeting glimmers of getting back up there

UK manufacturing PMI