China's Purchasing Managers' Index for manufacturing fell to the lowest level on record at 35.7, accord to the National Bureau of Statistics. (The manufacturing index had been at 50 in January.) The PMI for the service sector also fell to the lowest level ever at 29.6. In this index any reading below 50 indicates contraction. […]
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