China & Euro-zone Flash PMIs (Apr.)

The continued deterioration in China’s manufacturing sector signalled by early business surveys for April is disappointing, but the prices of key industrial metals have already factored in a lot of bad news from this source. Perhaps more worrying are signs that the recovery in the euro-zone may also be faltering.

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