Poland’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) inched up 0.1 points to 48 in March (chart), the economic intelligence company S&P Global said on April 2. The reading missed the consensus, which assumed a gain of 0.5 points to 48.4. The indicator has now lingered below the 50-point mark separating contraction from growth for 23 consecutive months. “Lacklustre demand conditions at home and abroad, especially in major Western European export markets,’ drove the March decline, according to S&P Global. “Output, new orders and exports continued their record-long downturns, with the rates of decline showi…