December India manufacturing PMI falls on demonetization - Nikkei

According to the Nikkei Asian Review, the Nikkei India Manufacturing PMI dropped to 49.6 in December from November's 52.3, contracting for the first time in 12 months.

Nikkei, in a statement said, "PMI data for December indicated that the rupee demonetization took a toll on manufacturing performance."

Jan 2, 2017

PBOC’s Ma: New cash transaction rules are not capital controls - BBG

Bloomberg reports comments from the Chinese central bank (PBOC) researcher Ma, via the official Xinhua News Agency, citing that China’s new regulation

PBOC’s Huang: China GDP target for 2017 should be in the 6 to 7% range

Huang Yiping, a member of PBOC's monetary policy committee, was on the wires last hour, speaking with Xinhua News Agency, commenting on the Chinese gr