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Rising Demand for Smartphones, Tablets and Televisions, Coupled With Increasing Usage of POS Units and Digital Signage to Drive China Display Market

Overcapacity of Chinese boxboard drives down global operating rates, placing competitive pressures on North American and Western European suppliers

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 0.6 percent in October to 341.7 (2004 = 100), following a 1.6 percent increase in September and a 0.9 percent increase in August. Total loans issued by financial institutions made the largest positive contribution to the index, followed by the 5000 industry enterprises diffusion index: raw materials supply index*, the (inverted) PMI supplier delivery index, and the consumer expectations index*. Total floor space started and the PMI new export orders index declined in October.

Rising income in China is failing to translate into more consumption of communication paper, while tissue and packaging grades experience more promising growth

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 0.9 percent in July to 331.2 (2004 = 100), following a 0.6 percent increase in June and a 1.1 percent increase in May. Total loans issued by financial institutions made the largest positive contribution to the index, followed by the 5000 industry enterprises diffusion index: raw materials supply index, and total floor space started. The consumer expectations index, The PMI new export orders index, and the (inverted) PMI supplier delivery index declined in July.

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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 1.1 percent in April to 322.2 (2004 = 100), following a 0.5 percent increase in March and a 1.4 percent increase in February. Total floor space started made a very large positive contribution to the index, while the consumer expectations index was the only negative contributor in April.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 0.2 percent in March to 317.8 (2004 = 100), following a 1.4 percent increase in February and a 0.6 percent increase in January. Three of the six components contributed positively to the index in March.

Business conditions deteriorated to the worst since the beginning of 2009 in April, according to the latest MNI China Business Sentiment Survey.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 1.5 percent in February to 317.6 (2004 = 100), following a 0.5 percent increase in January and a 0.9 percent increase in December. Five of the six components contributed positively to the index in February.

China's largest companies were as pessimistic about the outlook for business conditions in February as they were at the height of the global financial crisis, the latest MNI China Business Sentiment Survey showed.