4  See European Investment Bank – European Commission (2013), “Increasing lending to the economy: implementing the EIB capital increase and joint Commission-EIB initiatives”, report to the European Council, 27–28 June 2013. 4  BIS central bankers’ speeches
Figures for advanced economies are the weighted averages of the PMIs for the United States, the euro area, the United Kingdom, and Japan using their global GDP shares from the IMF as weights.