China’s Manufacturing Growth Weakens as Wen Tackles Inflation
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China’s manufacturing grew at the weakest pace in three months in December after the government tightened monetary policy to restrain inflation and closed factories to meet energy-efficiency targets.
The Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 53.9 from 55.2 in November, the first decline in five months, a report from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed yesterday. That was less than the median estimate of 55 in a Bloomberg News survey of 13 economists. A measure of manufacturers’ input costs also fell.