{
  "id": 4571534,
  "title": "Manufacturing PMI figures improve in August",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/manufacturing-pmi-figures-improve-in-august",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T04:30:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News - Finance",
    "slug": "rthk-news-finance",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1868223-20260831.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector rose to 49.8 in August, up from 49.3 in July, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This improvement indicates that the manufacturing activity rebounded in the world's second-largest economy, driven by strong export demand. Several sub-indexes, including production, new orders, and new export orders, returned to expansion in August, with the production sub-index rising to 50.4 from 49.9 in July.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "China's NBS Manufacturing PMI climbs to 49.8 in August, Non-Manufacturing PMI steadies at 49.0",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/chinas-nbs-manufacturing-pmi-climbs-to-49-8-in-august-non",
        "published": "2026-08-31T01:32:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}