por admin » Jue Jun 30, 2011 8:54 pm
La manufactura China crece menos que en los ultimos 28 meses, debido a la lucha contra la inflacion.
El PMI bajo a 50.9 en Junio comparado con 52 en Mayo. 50 es expansion, se esperaba 51.5.
China’s Manufacturing Grows Least in 28 Months as Inflation Campaign Bites
By Bloomberg News - Jun 30, 2011 9:08 PM ET .
Workers manufacture cotton yarn at a factory in Shaanxi Province. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg
.A Chinese manufacturing index fell to the lowest level since February 2009 as Premier Wen Jiabao’s campaign to tame inflation damps growth in the world’s second- biggest economy.
The Purchasing Managers’ Index was at 50.9 in June compared with 52 in May, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said in an e-mailed statement today. The median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of 13 economists was 51.5. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
Chinese stocks have rebounded since June 20 as investors speculate that the government will limit further monetary tightening that would threaten growth and profits. Premier Wen Jiabao said June 24 that he is confident of keeping inflation under control, while Morgan Stanley says price gains may have peaked last month.
“Economic expansion is losing some steam after a period of aggressive tightening,” Chang Jian, a Hong Kong-based economist with Barclays Capital said before today’s release. “Slower growth is not bad as it can help contain inflation.”
The manufacturing index is based on a survey of purchasing managers in more than 820 companies in 20 industries.
The People’s Bank of China has paused for 12 weeks in raising benchmark rates, the longest gap since increases began in October. Morgan Stanley estimates that consumer prices rose 6.2 percent in June, the most since July 2008.
Stock Valuations
The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.2 percent yesterday, paring the benchmark’s loss for the quarter to 5.7 percent. The index is valued at 12.8 times estimated earnings, compared with the 18.9 average over the past five years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.
Manufacturing, which accounts for about half of China’s economy, is moderating as government policies curb demand for housing and cars, power shortages crimp output and monetary tightening limits company funding. Businesses have also been destocking.
BYD Co., the Chinese carmaker backed by Warren Buffett, this week reported a first-quarter profit decline of 84 percent as sales fell and financial expenses doubled because of increased borrowing and rising interest costs. The benchmark one-year lending rate is 6.31 percent compared with 5.31 percent a year ago and costs have also soared for companies borrowing outside the official banking system.
Economic growth may have slowed to 9.1 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, Bank of China Ltd. estimates, compared with a 9.7 percent gain in January-through-March.
The government needs to sustain the expansion to create millions of jobs for workers migrating to cities from the countryside and to limit the risk of social instability. In May, industrial output growth slowed for a third straight month and passenger-car sales fell for the first time in more than two years. M2, the broadest measure of money supply, rose the least in almost three years.
--Zheng Lifei. Editors: Nerys Avery, Paul Panckhurst.