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Suddenly this morning’s RRR cut doesn’t feel quite so much like China doing Europe a favor. Chinese Manufacturing PMI printed at a lower-than-expectations 49, signaling its first contraction (<50) since Feb 2009. As if it was really ever so, as clearly concerns were growing since we had the Flash PMIs earlier in the month. Across the board, sub-indices were weak with New Orders and New Export Orders falling significantly as the latter remains below 50 and Inventories rose significantly. Notably New Export Orders have now fallen the most over two months since Dec 2008.
The overall index fell below 50 for the first time since Feb 2009.
And New Orders and New Export Orders continue to slide.
But the two-month drop in New Export Orders is very significant – as bad as entering the previous dramatic downturn.
Charts: Bloomberg
