Growth in China’s services sector picked up slightly in December, a government study showed on Thursday, helping to offset further weakness in manufacturing which is weighing on the world’s second-largest economy.
The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index or PMI rose to 54.1 in December from November’s 53.9, well above the 50-point line that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis.
A similar activity study showed growth in China’s factory sector slowed as expected in December, underlining the challenges facing the government as it tries to avert a sharper economic slowdown.
Many analysts expect economic growth in the fourth quarter to slow marginally from 7.3 per cent in the third quarter, suggesting full-year growth will undershoot the government’s 7.5 per cent target and mark the weakest expansion in 24 years.
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