Backdrop not quite as rosy as China’s PMIs indicate

China’s official and unofficial PMIs rose in November, suggesting that the weakness in the manufacturing sector has eased. While this could provide some support to industrial commodity prices in the near term, we are sceptical that it will mark the beginning of a wholesale rebound in economic activity.

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