China Manufacturing PMI (August 2025) 49.4 (expected 49.5) Services 50.3 (expected 50.3)
These Chinese PMIs come from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
For August 2025:
Manufacturing PMI 49.4
- expected 49.5, prior 49.3
Non-Manufacturing PMI 50.3
- expected 50.3, prior 50.1
Composite 50.5
- prior 50.2
more to come
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Earlier big news:
The legal fight is not over (see the post) but perhaps China will just wait it out on tariffs.