Economics

China’s Factory Data Possibly Even Worse Than Record Low Shows

Employees wearing protective face masks work on a production line at a factory in Shanghai.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China’s manufacturing sector may have been in even worse shape in February than what the official data show, according to Nomura.