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February 4, 2012 11:29 PM EST
On the first trading day of August, the markets were off to a solid start. The buying started over in Asia. HSBC China Manufacturing PMI for July slipped to 49.4 from 50.4 in June. The slip to flat growth in this index and the Chinese government’s Federation of Logistics and Purchasing Index to 51.2 from 52.1 confirmed that efforts to slow the unsustainable growth in China are working. Investors felt that this would ease the government’s highl... full story >>