The marked fall in the composite PMI in April raises the chances that the uncertainty stemming from the US tariffs chaos will be a bigger drag on the UK economy than we previously anticipated. That said, we doubt that GDP growth at the start of Q2 will be as weak as the 0.5% 3m/3m fall the PMI suggests.
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