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Global growth still set to pick up in Q2

Preliminary PMIs for May, which were published today, support our view that global growth is likely to pick up after a soft patch at the beginning of the year. We still think activity will rebound strongly in the US, but we expect growth to remain sluggish in the euro-zone and to be near zero in Japan.


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