The Manufacturing Sector PMI recorded 59.1 in December which is a marginal increase of 0.3 index points compared to November 2017. This indicates that the Manufacturing activities expanded at a higher pace in December compared to November 2017. This was mainly driven by the increase in the Production sub-index. Further, Stock of Purchases and Employment sub-indices also expanded at a higher pace while New Orders sub-index expanded, albeit at a slower rate, during the month as compared to November 2017. Meanwhile, the Suppliers’ Delivery Time sub-index lengthened at a higher rate compared to previous month. Overall, all the sub-indices of PMI recorded values above the neutral 50.0 threshold signalling an overall expansion in December 2017. Moreover, The Expectation for activities indicates an improvement for the next three months.