HERE COMES CHINA'S OFFICIAL PMI REPORT...

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Societe Generale

At 9:00 p.m. ET, China's National Bureau of Statistics will publish the country's official manufacturing PMI report.

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Economists are looking for a reading of 51.2, up from 51.1 in September.

Any reading above 50 signals growth.

Societe Generale's Wei Yao is not as optimistic as the rest of the Street.

"We expect China's official manufacturing PMI to weaken to 50.8 in October after reaching a 17-month high of 51.1 in September," she said.

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"The official PMI disappointed the market in September moving up by only one notch from 51 to 51.1," added Yao. "Nearly all the activity released afterwards showed yoy growth deceleration, including exports, industrial production, fixed asset investment and retail sales."

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Here's a breakdown of the September report.

Sept. 2013
PMI51.1
Output52.9
New Orders52.8
New Export Orders50.7
Backlogs of Work46.2
Inventories of Finished Goods 47.4
Purchases Quantity52.5
Imports50.4
Input Prices54.5
Inventories of Raw Materials48.5
Employment49.1
Supplier Delivery Times50.8
Business Activity Expecation 58.4