China’s services sector recovery accelerates, boosted by employment and surging business optimism

• The Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 54.3, the highest since December, from 51.5 in February
• The findings were largely in line with an official survey released last week, which showed China’s non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 56.3 in March from 51.4 in February