The manufacturing sector in China picked up steam in July, the latest survey from Caixin revealed on Tuesday with a Manufacturing OMI score of 51.1.
That beat forecasts for 50.4, which would have been unchanged from the previous month. It also moves farther above the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
Individually, both output and new orders rose at the fastest rates for five months, helped by a solid upturn in new export sales.
Inflationary pressures ticked up, with both input prices and output charges rising at faster rates than in June.
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