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Monday, July 2, 2012

Chinese PMI better than expected

From Goldman Sachs:

Chinese PMI out over the weekend, fell to 50.2% (Bloomberg survey: 49.9%, Reuters survey:49.8%) in June, from 50.4% in May. Historically, the official PMI tends to fall in June. The only exception was in June 2009 when growth was strong After a simple re-adjustment of this seasonality using the standard X12 method, the level rose to 50.7% in June, from 50.1% in May.
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