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Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... to 39.1% of GDP in 2017 from 36.7% in 2012 and 38.5% in 2006. This is given credence by the latest indications from the Caixin PMI indices where the manufacturing PMI slowed (but only marginally) - the one exposed to the trade spat - to 50.0 in September ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... declined to 52.3 from 53.2) and new export orders fell deeper into contraction territory 49.8 from 49.8 in June. The Caixin China General Manufacturing PMI - which surveys small and medium-sized companies - painted the same fading picture of the sector. ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... in the head...or so it seems. In early March, China's purchasing managers' indices surveyed by both the government and Caixin indicated the economy is marking time, at best. The official PMI survey showed manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 54.4 in ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... the 12th month running and also at the fastest pace since April." In China, it depends on what survey you subscribe to - Caixin's China manufacturing PMI slowed to 51 in September from 51.6 the month before; the official NBS survey rose to 52.4 from ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... inflation was at an eight-month low, while output charges increased at the second slowest pace since January". The Caixin China general manufacturing PMI may not be as strong as the official one (up to 51.7 in June from 51.2) but June's reading of 50.4 ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... its lowest reading since October last year. The private manufacturing sector survey painted the same picture. The Caixin China general manufacturing PMI declined to a reading of 50.2 in April from 51.2 in the previous month - sharply below market expectations ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... growth in new orders and new export orders and in output. However, the official reading contrasts with the fall in Caixin China manufacturing index, down to 51.2 in March (still in expansion) from 51.7 in February. The details of Caixin's survey were ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... along with strengthening manufacturing activity conditions in China - underscored by the higher than expected official and Caixin manufacturing PMI for February - suggest a recovery in Australian exports in the coming months. While the rise in imports ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... the latest update on China's purchasing managers' indices indicating that the economy could be losing momentum. The Caixin China Composite PMI fell to 52.2 in January, although from the 45-month high of 53.5 recorded in the previous month. Still, this ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... November from 52.8 in the previous month and manufacturing activity to 53.7 from 53.5. China Caixin composite PMI The Caixin China composite PMI was unchanged from October's 43-month record of 52.9 in November as an easing in the manufacturing sector's ...