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Good manufacturing news in China sends Shanghai up 4.3%

Factories are humming, according to data released from China and the United States today. The preliminary readings—what’s called the “flash reading–for the purchasing managers index from HSBC Holdings and Markit Economics showed that the Chinese economy expanded that month faster than economists had expected.

Continued subdued inflation gives the Fed no reason to change current monetary policy

The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.1% in October. The core CPI, which excludes energy and food costs, rose by 0.2% in October. For the last 12 months, the headline CPI is up 2.2% and the core CPI is up 2%. The continued very subdued rate of inflation removes any pressure on the Federal Reserve to change its current policy of low interest rates and quantitative easing.