The official manufacturing purchasing managers index fell to 49.4, the second straight month of contraction, according to a Thursday statement from the National Bureau of Statistics. While economists expected a decline in the index, the number was lower than estimates.
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The contraction in China’s home sales and property investment both deepened in October, a steeper downturn that may push the government to do more to shore up the struggling housing market. Investment in property development fell 9.3 percent in the first 10 months of 2023, compared with a 9.1 percent…