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China factory activity drops for longest stretch ever
Financial Express Kochi
|December 01, 2025
OFFICIAL PMI AT 49.2
CHINA'S FACTORY ACTIVITY improved but remained in contraction in November, extending its streak of declines to a record as the country’s economic slowdown deepens.
The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index was 49.2, remaining below the 50 mark that separates growth and contraction for an eighth month. The median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 49.4.
This story is from the December 01, 2025 edition of Financial Express Kochi.
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