The Carnage Continues In Asia As China PMI Confirms Contraction Deepening!

• The Carnage Continues In Asia As China PMI Confirms Contraction Deepening! 
  by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com
  Following last week’s Flash PMI print of 49.6, the Final print for January China Manufacturing dropped further to 49.5 confirming the contraction is deepening. Japanese stocks were down the most since August in the early going as Nikkei futures extended the losses from the US day-session (and rather notably decoupled from USDJPY and breaking below 15,000). The Nikkei is heading for the worst month since May 2012 (-8.66% so far). S&P futures tracked USDJPY as 102.00 was defended aggressively. Chinese stocks are also tumbling (though not as hard as Japan and US) and the PBOC will not be adding liquidity today. Furthermore the blame is being shifted as Deputy FinMin Zhu warns that the “Chinese economy faces risks from overseas uncertainty.” EM FX is drifting lower still.
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  The Final HSBC Manufacturing PMI print dropped from 49.6 Flash to 49.5 – its biggest drop since June and lowest since July 2013…
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