Bloomberg with a piece on 4 indicators of China's economy before the more widely watched data begins to hit at the start of June:
Standard Chartered Plc's Small and Medium Enterprise Confidence Index
- Falling slightly, 56.9 in May (from 58 in April)
- second consecutive month of decline in May
China Economic Panel / Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
- Expectations plunged to minus 0.1 in May (17.7 in April, which was the highest since late 2015)
- Current economic situation fell to 12.2 in May (from 17.6 in April)
World Economics Sales-manager sentiment
- The 51.6 in May is a six-month low
S&P Global Platts China Steel Sentiment Index
- 33.1 in May (45.1 in April)
- Weighed down by the outlook for domestic steel orders
Here's the link for more. Not looking too good at all for May.
