China's January official factory PMI eases to 50.4

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Reuters: Beijing, Feb 01 2013, 09:38 IST
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be revised with the changes.

It gave no assessment of how the change might have affected the index readings.

China's official PMI follows on from the preliminary findings of a private sector survey sponsored by HSBC a week ago, which rose to a two-year high of 51.9 in January.

The HSBC flash PMI, the earliest preview of China's economic health in 2013, offered the latest indication that the world's second-largest economy is steadily recovering from a near two-year cool-down.

The final reading of the HSBC China PMI is due at 0145 GMT.

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