Global economic growth slips to three-year low amid gloomier outlook
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The pace of global economic growth eased to its weakest for three years in May amid an increasingly broad-based slowdown. The JPMorgan Global PMI™, compiled by IHS Markit, fell for a second successive month in May to signal the slowest expansion since June 2016, slipping to 51.2 compared to 52.1 in April. The survey data are indicative of worldwide GDP rising at an annual pace of 2.0% (at market prices) so far in the second quarter, down from 2.4% in the first quarter, dropping to around 1.75% in May alone.
Manufacturing again led the slowdown, with output expanding only slightly to register the sector's worst performance since October 2012. Falling global goods exports, down for a ninth successive month in May, fueled the factory malaise. However, service sector growth also slowed markedly, down to its lowest since August 2016.
Business sentiment about the year ahead meanwhile deteriorated to its lowest since comparable data were first available in 2012.
Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist, IHS
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