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Outlook for China's economy grows increasingly less clear

The outlook for China’s economy continues to carry a large degree of uncertainty with the country’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showing a contraction in May, while the private Caixin manufacturing PMI indicated that the sector is expanding.

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The official manufacturing PMI dropped to a five-month low of 48.8, down from 49.2 in April, and missed forecasts gathered by Reuters of 49.4.