【英语财经】3月份中国企业信心变弱 Chinese business sentiment worsened in March

Business sentiment in China is suffering, buffeted by deflationary pressures and rising labour and regulation costs.

The MNI China Business Indicator fell for the third straight month to 52.2 in March from 52.8 in February, though a figure above 50 still indicates optimism. However, this marks the lowest level since October.

The survey from MNI, a part of Deutsche B?rse Group, is taken from 200 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

The weakening comes in spite of the recent stimulus measures implemented by the People's Bank of China, the central bank, in February. The PBoC cut the benchmark one-year lending rate by 25 basis points to 5.35 per cent. Deflationary pressures worsened last month with input prices the lowest since July 2013, MNI said.

Philip Uglow, chief economist of MNI Indicators said:

The March survey shows a mixed picture with headline sentiment easing but other key activity indicators stabilising. Still, the deflationary pressures evident in our survey and general softness in the data suggest the central bank should maintain its current easing bias.

通缩压力以及劳动力和监管成本的上升，正对中国企业信心造成影响。

3月份，MNI中国企业信心指数(MNI China Business Indicator)连续第3个月下跌，从2月份的52.8降至52.2。尽管高于50的数值仍意味着情绪整体乐观，但该指数目前处在去年10月以来的最低水平。

该指数是德意志交易所集团(Deutsche B?rse Group)旗下MNI针对中国沪深股市200家上市公司的调查结果。

尽管中国央行(PBoC)近来推出了一些刺激措施，但2月份中国企业信心仍在变弱。中国央行已将基准一年期贷款利率下调25个基点，至5.35%。MNI表示，2月份，由于原材料购进价格跌至2013年7月以来最低水平，通缩压力有所加剧。

MNI指数(MNI Indicators)首席经济学家菲利普?厄格洛(Philip Uglow)表示，3月份的调查结果反映出一幅复杂图景：虽然总体企业信心变弱，但其他关键活动指标趋于稳定。尽管如此，指标中显见的通缩压力以及整体疲软的数据，表明中国央行应会维持当前的宽松基调不变。

译者/邢嵬