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The Number: 47.8

That's the China Purchasing Managers Index, which indicates if a company's business is higher, the same, or less than the previous month's—and when that index is below 50, it indicates the sector is contracting. Newsweek & The Daily Beast's Daniel Gross on what the new numbers mean for China's economic growth.

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