January 27, 2025 05:58 GMT
CHINA: Country Wrap: PMIs Weaker
CHINA
- Manufacturing PMI’s Dip into Contraction. January PMI Manufacturing disappointed slipping to 49.1 from 50.1 in December. January PMI non- Manufacturing disappointed slipping to 50.2 from 52.2 in December. Both readings were below market expectations. (source: MNI – Market News)
- Industrial profits’ drop in December of -3.3% signifies are third year for deflation for Chinese corporates and likely will feed into the bond rally in the near term. Despite the YoY figure rose 11%. (source: MNI – Market News)
- Hang Seng leads the way up +0.84%, despite early gains the CSI300 has now turned negative at -0.10%, Shanghai +0.09% and Shenzhen at -0.90%.
- CNY: USD/CNY fixing printed at 7.1698 versus a Bloomberg consensus of 7.2451.
- Bonds rallied post industrial profit numbers CGB 10YR -3bp today at 1.63%
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