High importanceCNCNY · Surveys · 30 Oct 2026 · 21:30 ET · in 13 d 13 h

China NBS manufacturing PMI (Oct)

Fri 30 October · 21:30 ET (09:30 Beijing) · in 13 d 13 h. Purchasing-managers survey — above 50 signals expansion.

Forecast
50.3
Previous
50.1
Actual
Due 21:30 ET

Below 50.1In line 50.1 to 50.5Above 50.5

▏Forecast 50.3○ Previous 50.1

The levelsMeasured from its last 12 prints

BelowBelow 50.1CNY down
In line50.1 to 50.5Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 50.5CNY up

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0.2). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. CNY up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when CNY does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 12 prints vs the forecast before each: 5 above · 3 in line · 4 below

48.7749.2649.7550.2450.73Oct ’25Dec ’25Mar ’26Apr ’26Jun ’26Aug ’26Oct (next)

— Forecast before the print● Actual▮ Next release: in-line range

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
29 Sep 2026Sep50.150.1In line with forecast
30 Aug 2026Aug49.749.8Above forecast
30 Jul 2026Jul5049.2Below forecast
29 Jun 2026Jun50.150.3Above forecast
30 May 2026May5050In line with forecast
29 Apr 2026Apr50.150.3Above forecast
30 Mar 2026Mar50.150.4Above forecast
3 Mar 2026Feb49.149Below forecast
30 Jan 2026Jan5049.3Below forecast
30 Dec 2025Dec49.250.1Above forecast
29 Nov 2025Nov49.249.2In line with forecast
30 Oct 2025Oct49.649Below forecast

What moved

After it prints: The pairs it maps from the hour before to the hour after, from 1-hour bars.