China data finally starting to turn?

The jump in China’s two manufacturing PMIs in March suggest that policy stimulus is starting to work, although these reports alone only validate the earlier rally in industrial commodity prices rather than pointing to further gains. Today’s other data were subdued, with the weakness in Japanese manufacturing in the Tankan survey partly overshadowing the better news from China.

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