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

Still to come …. The HSBC manufacturing PMI follows at 0145GMT

More:

  • Some chatter the decline was due to government-imposed factory shutdowns ahead of and during the APEC summit in November (to curb pollution)