Economic calendar in Asia Monday, March 3, 2025 – China Caixin Manufacturing PMI

We had the official PMIs from China over the weekend:

• China February PMIs: Manufacturing 50.2 (expected 50.0) Services 50.4 (expected 50.3)

I was happy to grab that info and post it, I thought it was the major event of the weekend. Boy was I wrong, LOL:

• A US$195mn buy order was placed & filled on BTC and ETH before Trump’s announcement
• Trump bails out Bitcoin – “to move forward on a Crypto Strategic Reserve”

Today we get the private-survey manufacturing PMI. Its also expected to have improved from January. I discussed the differences between the official an unofficial PMIs in that post above on the weekend data if you’d like to check it out. I also noted that both the January and February figures can be less valuable due to the timing of China’s long Lunar New Year holidays each year.

• This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
• The times in the left-most column are GMT.
• The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.
• I’ve noted data for New Zealand and Australia with text as the similarity of the little flags can sometimes be confusing.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.