Data – Australia: December AIG Manufacturing PMI 44.3 (vs. 44.3 in November – note that Nov. revised from 43.6)

Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index for December 2012 at 44.3 is still showing contraction.

• November was 44.3 (revised from 43.6)

My preview is here, showing a graph of the prior year performance of this index.