The author is Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang China’s official PMI fell to 51.0 in December from 51.4 in November, a weaker reading than expected. Consensus and our estimate were 51.2. PMIs across all firm sizes fell on the month, with that for large firms down by 0.4 percentage points (pp) to 52.0; that for medium-sized […]

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