According to this June's Financial Times «Expenditure by local and central governments in China jumped nearly 25 per cent from the same month a year earlier, a sharp
acceleration from the 9.6 per cent growth registered in the first four months of the year, according to
figures released by the finance ministry,» and HSBC's Flash PMI index suggests for the first time in six months that there has been an expansion in manufacturing, although the flash index is, of course, preliminary and may be
revised.
No output or
acceleration figures have been announced for the
revised CR - Z, but Honda promises more power from both the 1.5 - litre petrol engine and electric motor «without compromising fuel economy or increasing exhaust emissions».