Chinese non-manufacturing (services) PMI for April: 54.8 (vs. March was 54.5)

Chinese non-manufacturing (services) PMI for April: 54.8 (vs. March was 54.5)

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Last week we got: China HSBC/Markit Flash reading for manufacturing PMI for April: 48.3 (vs. expected 48.3). On Monday 5 May at 0145GMT we’ll get the final read on this (that’s at 2145 eastern US daylight saving time on Sunday May 4)

This week we had: China manufacturing PMI for April: 50.4 (vs. expected 50.5)

Both very:

But at least not

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Added: Here is Reuters’ followup report on the data today: China’s April services growth quickens slightly: government survey

And, from Bloomberg: China Services Industry Index Rises Amid Slowdown Concern