A worker is seen at a Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group factory in Xian, Shaanxi province, on November 2. The group produced 198,000 vehicles from January to October, a 28.5 per cent rise compared with the same period last year. Photo: Xinhua
A worker is seen at a Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group factory in Xian, Shaanxi province, on November 2. The group produced 198,000 vehicles from January to October, a 28.5 per cent rise compared with the same period last year. Photo: Xinhua
David Brown
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by David Brown

Asian manufacturing data and Covid-19 vaccine hopes suggest better days ahead for the global economy

  • Asian manufacturers are at the forefront of the upturn, judging by business confidence data showing surges in purchasing managers’ indices across the region
  • Given the way manufacturing indices are pointing, global GDP growth in 2021 could be heading for its strongest level for a decade

David Brown
David Brown

Updated: 10:21pm, 7 Dec, 2020

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A worker is seen at a Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group factory in Xian, Shaanxi province, on November 2. The group produced 198,000 vehicles from January to October, a 28.5 per cent rise compared with the same period last year. Photo: Xinhua
A worker is seen at a Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group factory in Xian, Shaanxi province, on November 2. The group produced 198,000 vehicles from January to October, a 28.5 per cent rise compared with the same period last year. Photo: Xinhua
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