China: PMI jumped sharply back up – TDS
|China's manufacturing PMI jumped sharply back up in March, more than reversing its February losses, rising to its strongest since September 2017, economists at TD Securities report. USD/CNY is trading at 7.0976.
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“The PMI moved sharply back into expansion to 52.0 (mkt 44.8, TD 42.0) from 35.7 in February, its strongest reading since September 2017.”
“The PMI breakdown revealed a major bounce back in output to 54.1, its highest since May 18. New orders also bounced to 52.0, its highest since September 18.”
“The non-manufacturing PMI recorded an even bigger jump to 52.3 from 29.6, with the composite PMI rising to 53.”
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