An employee operates a machine as she works along a production line of a factory producing solar energy products in Shangrao, Jiangxi province, China, October 11, 2015. Activity in China’s colossal factory sector shrank in October as global demand stuttered, reinforcing the case for more stimulus and questioning whether the Federal Reserve can be confident enough to raise U.S. interest rates this year. A crop of industry surveys out on Monday pointed to another poor month for trade across Asia as activity contracted in South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia. Only Japan showed any hint of growth, perhaps thanks to the persistent weakness of the yen. The run of pedestrian results will focus attention on the U.S. Institute for Supply Management (ISM) measure of manufacturing due later Monday which is forecast to have flatlined in October. ECONUS Indeed, analysts at Barclays see a risk the PMI could fall under 50.0 […]