Latest data released by Markit - 5 March 2019

  • Prior 54.7
  • Composite PMI 53.5 vs 53.9 expected
  • Prior 54.5

The services sector more or less holds up but the overall composite reading falls, weighed down by a slumping manufacturing sector; similar to other countries in the region. Nothing much to really gather from the release here as it tells the same story as we have known since last month from the German and French releases.