Data hitting quite early …
China manufacturing PMI data for November; 50.3
- expected 50.5
- prior was 50.8
- Lowest since March of this year
Little response from the AUD
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Still to come …. The HSBC manufacturing PMI follows at 0145GMT
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More:
- Some chatter the decline was due to government-imposed factory shutdowns ahead of and during the APEC summit in November (to curb pollution)
