<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53619ad769bedd69260e0580-1200-924/china-factory-manufacturing-2.jpg?maxX=481&amp;maxY=360" border="0" alt="china factory manufacturing" width="481" height="360" /><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/China Daily</span></p><p class="caption">An employee works at a factory in Dexing, Jiangxi province, September 9, 2013. </p></div><p></p></div>China's official April PMI is out at 9 p.m. ET.</p>
<p>Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for manufacturing PMI to rise to 50.5, from 50.3 the previous month. </p>
<p>A reading below 50 indicates contraction.</p>
<p>The HSBC flash PMI reading we got earlier this month, shows that Chinese manufacturing has been contracting. <br />But the official survey has a bigger sample and has more exposure to larger manufacturers. </p>

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Chinese Manufacturing PMI Rises Less Than Expected

REUTERS/China DailyAn employee works at a factory in Dexing, Jiangxi province, September 9, 2013. China's official April PMI is out at 9 p.m. ET. Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for manufacturing PMI to rise to 50.5, from 50.3 the previous month. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. The HSBC flash PMI reading we got earlier this month, shows that Chinese manufacturing has been contracting. But the official survey has a bigger sample and has more exposure to larger manufacturers.

REUTERSChina DailyAn employee works at a factory in Dexing, Jiangxi province, September 9, 2013.  Chinas official April PMI is out at 9 p.

Chinese Manufacturing PMI Rises Less Than Expected

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