Chinese data has managed to be on the improve over the last month, the latest showing being the weekend’s official manufacturing PMI (link here).
At 0145GMT we get the follow-up, the HSBC/Markit Manufacturing PMI:
- Expected is 50.2
- Prior was 47.7
- The Flash reading (released August 22,) came in at 50.1
This table is from the flash result, the graph underneath is past results:
