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China PMIs (Oct. 2024)

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The PMIs have overstated the weakness in China’s economy during the past year. But they still provide some sense of the direction of travel. The good news is that the surveys point to an improvement in October, with an acceleration in manufacturing and services activity more than offsetting a further slowdown in construction.

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