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HSBC China flash PMI climbed to a seven-month high of 50.9 in October. This beat expectations for a rise to 50.4, and was up from September’s reading of 50.2. Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for HSBC flash PMI to rise to 50.4, from 50.2 in September. Last month’s report […]

We're beginning to see the impact of the Li Keqiang put.

Hitting a four-month high.

And why he believes it has bottomed.

A miss on the low side

Manufacturing has been slowing.

[credit provider=”Markit”] China’s HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI for January is out.The headline number climbed to 51.9, a 24-month high.

[credit provider=”Fist Of Legend via YouTube” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLL9plgz0pg”] At 8:45 PM EST tonight, we’ll get the HSBC Flash manufacturing PMI report.Economists expect the number to rise to 50.8 from 50.5 a month ago.

[credit provider=”Markit” url=”www.markiteconomics.com/MarkitFiles/Pages/ViewPressRelease.aspx?ID=10391″] The November HSBC China manufacturing PMI report is in and it climbed to 50.5 from 49.5 in October.Click Here For Updates >

The HSBC Flash PMI report for China climbed to 47.8 in September but stayed below the all-important contractionary level of 50.

[credit provider=”China Photos/Getty Images” url=”http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/employees-on-the-assembly-line-produce-cars-in-mazdas-news-photo/52594404″] Chinese Flash PMI climbed to 47.8 in September, and August’s reading was revised down to 47.6. Markets immediately sold off on the news.

[credit provider=”Guang Niu/Getty Images” url=”http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/chinese-labourers-work-at-a-factory-producing-the-beijing-news-photo/75927863″] After climbing to a five-month high in July, China’s HSBC Flash PMI fell to 47.5 in August. And a look at the sub-indices didn’t offer any rays of hope either.A look at this report prompted Societe Generale’s Wei Yao to write, “This flash report is […]

[credit provider=”Feng Li/Getty Images” url=”http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/chinese-worker-assembles-a-hybrid-bus-at-a-factory-of-news-photo/90597027″] Investors are watching the June HSBC Flash PMI numbers closely for signs of improvement in the Chinese economy.Last month, the flash reading came in at 48.7, well below a reading of 50 which indicates a contraction.