Output growth hits 4-month low, says HSBC
By Chen Jia in Beijing and Xie Yu in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2013-02-26 07:56
Workers manufacture baby strollers at a company in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. The HSBC flash purchasing managers' index for February slipped to 50.4, the lowest in four months. Li Zongxian / For China Daily |
China's manufacturing production growth hit a four-month low in February, dented by the Chinese New Year holiday and continued weakness in external demand, banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc said on Monday.
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