China PMIs support our forecast of lower metals prices

The China PMI data for August continue to suggest that commodity demand in the world’s largest consumer is coming off the boil. As a result, the wedge between industrial metals prices and the China activity data has continued to grow, which underpins our view that prices will drop back by year-end.

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