The author is chief China economist at Capital Economics Mark Williams Today’s downbeat December flash PMI in China leaves little doubt that the manufacturing sector is now cooling. Tighter access to credit will continue to weigh on growth in 2014. The initial reading of PMI fell further, from 50.8 in November to 50.5 this month. […]

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