China's factory activity grew more slowly in June, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, corroborating official data last week that pointed to stuttering growth in the world's second-largest economy.
The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers' index slipped to 50.5 in June from 50.9 in May.
China's National Bureau of Statistics released data last Friday that showed the country's official manufacturing PMI coming in at 49.0 in June — compared with 48.8 in May.
"Problems reflected in June's Caixin China manufacturing PMI, ranging from an increasingly dire job market to rising deflationary pressure and waning optimism, also point to the same conclusion."
The Caixin manufacturing PMI surveys around 650 private and state-owned manufacturers that tend to be more export-oriented and located in China's coastal regions, while the official PMI surveys 3,200 companies across China.
Persons:
—, Wang Zhe
Organizations:
P Global, National Bureau of Statistics, Caixin Insight, PMI
Locations:
June's, China