Financials is fastest-growing area of global economy in December

The final batch of Markit’s detailed global sector PMI^TM data for 2015 showed that finance, food & drink, pharmaceuticals and hi-tech services companies enjoyed the strongest growth at the end of the year. This followed the general pattern shown over 2015 as a whole, where healthcare, financials and technology registered the strongest growth rates. Notably, metals & mining posted the steepest drop in production in more than three years in December.