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How useful are Asia’s manufacturing PMIs?

Asia’s manufacturing PMIs are closely watched as some of the most timely gauges of the region’s economic performance. In places such as China, Korea and Taiwan, we find that the PMIs are effective guides to trends in industrial output, inflation or employment. But not all of the region’s PMIs are as helpful. 

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