China's HSBC flash manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) improved to 49.1 in May, up from a final reading of 48.9 in April but slightly below market expectations of 49.3. "While we still need to wait for hard activity data to get a firmer view of activity growth, the still soft PMI reading highlights the difficulties […]

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