PMI data suggest only limited support for commodity prices

Despite the rebound in the PMIs in both China and Japan in June, prospects for industrial commodity prices remain weak for now. Sluggish euro-zone manufacturing activity and the downturn in China’s property sector should more than offset any support for global commodity demand from targeted stimulus from Beijing.

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