Global stocks shrug off weak economic data

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Slower manufacturing output in Asia and an ailing dollar fail to dampen investor sentiment

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The limp data is likely to raise concerns that faltering manufacturing will add to economic headaches caused by slumping consumption. “But we’re in the moment where it’s still semi-Goldilocks — there is the inflation element that is still for the moment being discarded by central bankers ... but earnings are very good, macro is very strong and still the central banks are remaining very accommodative.”

The gains in Asia were in spite of China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index showing a contraction in activity for the first time in almost 18 months, because of Covid-19 containment measures and supply bottlenecks.

 

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