Asian business sentiment crumbles on China shock
Tokyo
SENTIMENT at Asia's biggest companies tumbled in the third quarter at a record pace due to growing worries about the economic slowdown in China and the risks it poses to the global outlook, a Thomson Reuters/IN- SEAD survey has shown.
The Thomson Reuters/IN- SEAD Asian Business Sentiment Index, representing the six- month outlook at 79 firms, was 60 in the September quarter from 71 in June and 66 a year prior. A reading over 50 indicates a positive view.
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