Robust economic indicators since June’s referendum have seen economists revise pessimistic growth forecasts for this year and next, but IHS Markit’s chief economist says it is mostly a result of a huge policy response.
Purchasing managers’ indexes for construction, manufacturing and services fell sharply in July. Without that fall, the Bank of England would not have cut interest rates and expanded its quantitative easing programme, Chris Williamson said.
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