{"id":2237,"date":"2026-10-31T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/kitay-promishlen-pmi-spad-49-3-oktomvri-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:07:02","slug":"kitay-promishlen-pmi-spad-49-3-oktomvri-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/kitay-promishlen-pmi-spad-49-3-oktomvri-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"China's manufacturing activity contracts in October as PMI falls to 49.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manufacturing activity in China moved back into contraction in October 2026, according to the official purchasing managers' index (PMI).<\/strong> The manufacturing index fell to 49.3 points from 50.1 in September, according to data released on October 31.<\/p>\n<p>A reading below 50 means more surveyed firms reported deteriorating rather than improving conditions compared with the previous month. The PMI indicates the direction of activity; it does not measure a percentage decline in industrial output.<\/p>\n<h2>Orders point to weakening demand<\/h2>\n<p>The index of new export orders remained below the 50-point threshold, while the non-manufacturing index also dropped to 49.7. The figures signal softer momentum in the world's second-largest economy at the start of the final quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The reading matters to global markets because Chinese industry is a major supplier of manufactured goods and raw materials. However, a single monthly index cannot, on its own, predict price changes in Bulgaria or elsewhere in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/bg\/news\/economy\/1237001-promishlenata-aktivnost-v-kitay-premina-kam-svivane-prez-oktomvri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), October 31, 2026<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/chinas-october-factory-activity-contracts-fastest-pace-3-months-pmi-survey-shows-2026-10-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters, October 31, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fivek-photo-credit\">Photo: Simon Kadula \/ Unsplash \u2014 illustrative image of a robotic production line, not taken in China.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China's official manufacturing PMI fell to 49.3 in October from 50.1 in September. A reading below 50 signals a contraction in activity.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,5],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biznes","category-svyat","tag-aktualno"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/5000.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0418\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b\u043d\u043e-\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e-\u2014-Simon-Kadula-Unsplash-\u2014-\u0438\u043b\u044e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}