Sunday, March 23, 2014

March HSBC China Flash PMI

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REUTERS/William Hong

HSBC China Flash PMI for March is out at 9:45 p.m. ET.

Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for a reading of 48.7, up modestly from 48.5 in February .

So far experts have attributed to slowdown to impact of the Lunar New Year holiday.

But after last month's release, Societe Generale's Wei Yao pointed out that a "0.8 point decline in January and February combined was still sharper than the average decline of 0.5 point during the same period historically." And the decline was broad-based.

China has set a GDP target of 7.5% this year but premier Li Keqiang has said the policymakers will tolerate a slower pace of growth.

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