China's factory activity is slumping adding to growth concerns. HSBC said its "flash" measure of sentiment among manufacturing purchasing managers fell to 49.2 this month. The slide from the index's final reading of 50.7 in February was worse than economists had expected.
This isn't good news for China -- the world's second-largest economy -- and continues to fuel growing concerns that economic growth in the first quarter was likely ho-hum. And slower growth is putting even more pressure on the central government to take action -- amid ambitious economic reform plans -- in order to reach its own 7% growth target for the year.
Today's economic data "is the latest in a string of disappointing data out of China and strengthens our view that the economy likely slowed sharply in the first quarter," said Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics. "We expect policymakers to respond by stepping up measures to support growth."
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Some possible government measures could include stepping up fiscal spending, alongside further cuts to the required reserve ratio and benchmark interest rates, in efforts to shore up growth, he wrote in a research note.
This is coming after China posted its worst growth in 24 years last year, clocking in 7.4% GDP growth for 2014, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. That was below the government's 7.5% goal, and was the slowest since 1990.
GDP growth in China remains the most comprehensive gauge of the country's economic health -- an important number to watch as the government works to shift to consumption-driven growth.
China averaged economic expansion of around 10% a year over the past three decades, pushing it up the list of biggest economies and boosting household wealth. But now, the pace of growth is languishing -- China recorded GDP growth of 7.7% in 2012 and 2013, a marked slowdown from 9.3% in 2011 and 10.5% in 2010.
Markets in Shanghai slipped more than 1% in Tuesday morning trading after the data release.
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CNNMoney (Hong Kong) March 24, 2015: 1:21 AM ET
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