China August manufacturing PMI rises to 49.8 but stays below 50
China’s factory PMI improved from July and beat forecasts, but employment, inventories and smaller manufacturers remained below 50...
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China’s factory PMI improved from July and beat forecasts, but employment, inventories and smaller manufacturers remained below 50...
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