The average of the Markit and NBS series declined to 54.4 from 54.7 in April.
The new orders index continued to stay above the threshold as well, NBS said today.
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Several Chinese economic data releases are slated for the week, starting Saturday, with NBS Manufacturing PMI.
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) laid most of the blame on rising food prices.
Yet whoever is right, the NBS announcement highlights the acceleration of Chinese population changes.
The Chinese economy has now enjoyed four consecutive years of at least 10% growth, the NBS said.
Sometime toward the end of this week, NBS will tell us inflation crossed the 5% mark last month.
This means NBS, in all probability, will tell us that growth came in at 9.3%, maybe even 9.4%.
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"In 2006, the national economy maintained steady and fast growth, " NBS commissioner Xie Fuzhan told reporters in Beijing.
Shanghai and Shenzhen followed, rising 2.3% and 2.2%, respectively, NBS reported today.
Over the weekend, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in China said that inflation there hit a 10-month high.
Just 31 cities saw marked declines in new home prices in July, the China Daily said about the NBS report.
In year-on-year terms home prices declines were seen in 27 cities in February compared to 14 cities in January, the NBS said.
As noted, NBS reported that output increased 2.2% in September from August.
An increasing number of Chinese cities saw falls in new home prices in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported over the weekend.
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The NBS said food contributed 74% to the November price jump.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday that 35 out of 70 cities monitored saw price increases last month compared with 31 cities in September.
In February, new home prices in 45 out of 70 cities fell compared to the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Sunday.
But according to our weighted average of the (new and existing) home prices reported by the NBS, the pace of decline appears to be bottoming out (see chart).
Real estate prices extended their rally in 62 out of 70 Chinese cities last month, with first-tier cities leading the gains, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
Of the 70 major Chinese cities tracked by NBS, 67 saw home prices increase in April compared to March, with the highest growth rate at 2.1%, down from the 3.2% in March.
Real estate prices extended their rally in 62 out of 70 Chinese cities last month, with first-tier cities leading the gains, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on March 18.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will announce the growth rate for the fourth quarter and the year on January 18, so we will see if this downward trend reversed itself in the past three months.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) collects data from more than 100, 000 shops all across the country, and it recently reported that retail sales are up 11.4 percent so far in 2012, compared to 11.3 percent in 2011.
NBS's chief statistician, says the census could also show that output by individually- or family-run firms has been understated, with many of them escaping other forms of data collection because they are not officially registered (the census is supposed to cover all businesses, whether registered or not).
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