{"id":6797,"date":"2023-09-05T05:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/business\/chinas-services-activity-falls-in-august-to-its-lowest-level-in-eight-months\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T05:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:39:05","slug":"chinas-services-activity-falls-in-august-to-its-lowest-level-in-eight-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=6797","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s services activity falls in August to its lowest level in eight months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/editor-note-baa1cbfe709e6811d5726038af9e5218@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note inline-placeholder\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n  <b>Editor\u2019s Note: <\/b><em>Sign up for CNN\u2019s <\/em><em>Meanwhile in China<\/em><em> newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country\u2019s rise and how it impacts the world.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_14532CCD-47B9-3CFA-6B66-635F17FFC24B@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      A private survey of business activity in China\u2019s services sector fell to its lowest level in eight months in August, as a flurry of economic stimulus measures seemed unable to reignite consumption demand.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_7D3B471C-053B-4676-D86E-6364D46F0D25@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The Caixin China general services purchasing managers index (PMI) slipped to 51.8 last month from 54.1 in July, according to data released Tuesday by Caixin Media and S&amp;P Global. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while anything below that level shows contraction.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_BB2CD85A-2ED7-2F4D-A24B-636F9EF3118B@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cThe slowdown in business activity coincided with a weaker increase in overall new business. New orders increased modestly, and at a pace that was below the average seen for 2023 to date,\u201d Caixin and S&amp;P said in a statement.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_68A174E0-D595-05E2-2800-638616063D38@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      This was partly due to weaker foreign demand for Chinese services, they added, citing evidence of sluggish overseas orders.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_40D5935A-04FE-8BA5-E5DE-6373368B513D@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The result was largely in line with the official August PMI data released last week by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which showed slowing demand for services. The sub-index for the services industry, the biggest source of employment for younger people, fell to the lowest level last month since January, according to the NBS, and was far below pre-pandemic levels.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_BCBB45E5-432B-850C-DD1E-637751F19F9D@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Compared to the official survey, the Caixin\/S&amp;P gauge focuses on smaller businesses and private companies.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_CA807D78-993B-4B31-A661-63791CEB230F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      After a strong start to 2023 following the lifting of strict pandemic restrictions, economic growth in China has stalled.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9F616F3D-70BC-09AB-E330-637CA0D3CB9F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Since April, a slew of disappointing economic data and population statistics has sparked concern that China may be facing a period of much slower growth.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_75194CC3-6685-A795-00EF-637CCF88E1B7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Since then, the government has rolled out a steady stream of initiatives intended to restore confidence in the world\u2019s second largest economy.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/05\/economy\/china-caixin-sp-pmi-august-hnk-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: Sign up for CNN\u2019s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country\u2019s rise and how it impacts the world. A private survey of business activity in China\u2019s services sector fell to its lowest level in eight months in August, as a flurry of economic stimulus measures seemed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China\u2019s services activity falls in August to its lowest level in eight months | Prosfunds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Editor\u2019s Note: Sign up for CNN\u2019s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country\u2019s rise and how it impacts the 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