China Nov manufacturing activity expands for second straight month

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 11/29/24 08:38 PM EST

BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) - China's manufacturing activity expanded for a second straight month in November, an official factory survey showed on Saturday, supporting policymakers' optimism that recent fresh stimulus will get the world's No. 2 economy back on track.

The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 50.3 in November from 50.1 in October, above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction and beating a median forecast of 50.2 in a Reuters poll. (Reporting by Joe Cash and Ziyi Tang; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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