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Russian manufacturing activity in September highest since 2017

By Rhod Mackenzie

The first month of autumn has been quite successful for the Russian manufacturing sector. As reported by RTTNews, manufacturing output growth in September was the highest in 6.5 years. The main driver of this impressive growth, which is all the more remarkable given the condition...

Russia Economy PMI Manufacturing
Chinese economic figures for September are positive

By Rhod Mackenzie

The level of business activity in China picked up in September. The PMI business activity index rose from 49.7 in August to 50.2, surpassing the forecast of 50.0, this was reported by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. This rise suggests some economic growth. In addition...

Economics China Trade PMI
Manufacturing activity in China gives hope that recession has bottomed out

By Sergey Manukov

It seems that Beijing's measures to support the Chinese economy are producing results. The decline in production in China eased somewhat in August. This, and the improved situation with new orders, gave the Chinese some reasons to hope that the main sector of the Chinese economy...

Recession China Economy PMI