The author is Nomura economist Zhang Zhiwei The HSBC flash PMI rose to 48.3 in April from a final reading of 48.0 in March. It is inline with consensus of 48.3, and higher than our forecast of 47.8. The number came in contrast with the China MNI business sentiment index, which fell to 51.1 from […]

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