Economics
China’s Manufacturing May Contract a Second Month, PMI Shows
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China’s manufacturing may contract for a second month in December as Europe’s debt crisis weighs on exports and home sales slide, preliminary results from a survey indicate.
The reading of 49 for a purchasing managers’ index reported by HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics today compares with a final number of 47.7 for November. The dividing line between contraction and expansion is 50.