China’s factory activity came in flat in May, an official survey showed on Sunday, indicating that the manufacturing sector was under pressure from weak domestic demand and higher production costs. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 50 from 50.3 in April, straddling the 50-mark separating growth from contraction, according to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the gauge to come in at 50.
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