23.09.201413:41:00UTC+00China's Property Sector Still Poses a Significant Headwind to the Economy

Quotes from Capital Economics:
- September's HSBC/Markit's Flash Manufacturing PMI reading (data released on Tuesday) suggests that conditions in the manufacturing sector have held up better than expected. 
- The rebound from 50.2 in August to 50.5 this month was largely driven by stronger foreign demand, with the new export orders component surging to its highest level in over four years. The stronger than anticipated reading should ease hard landing concerns following last month's weak activity data. 
- However, the property sector still poses a significant headwind to the economy and even if activity has picked up somewhat this month, we still expect growth to have slowed this quarter.