Today’s worse-than-expected reading on China’s flash PMI gives a further reason to expect GDP growth to slow this quarter. Policymakers care more about the state of the labour market than the headline GDP number and won’t be panicking. But the continued deterioration in the employment component of the PMI will be a concern.
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