As far as China is concerned, we have absolutely no idea how anyone can trust their economic numbers.

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Making matters worse, even the numbers they are reporting are slowing – PMI 47.0 SEP vs. 47.3 AUG (that’s the lowest level since 2009).

No, not good.

In case you didn’t already know, the Shanghai Composite Casino remains in full-blown crash mode. It was down another -2.2% overnight. That brings its whopping plunge to down -40% since April.

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