Purchasing Managers Index

For the sixth straight month, the services sector witnessed an expansion in output. India’s services sector activity moderated further in January as new business rose at a noticeably…

For the fifth straight month, the services sector witnessed an expansion in output. In Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) parlance, a print above 50 means expansion, while a score below 50…

Factories in Europe and the U.S. reported a further easing of supply-chain problems and associated cost increases as 2021 drew to a close, although the rapid spread of Omicron around the…

The seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index was at 58.1 in November, fractionally down from 58.4 in October. India’s services sector activity expanded at the…

Factory orders rise for fifth successive month at fastest pace since February. India’s manufacturing sector recorded the highest production growth in nine months in November, as per the…

India’s services sector recorded its strongest output growth in ten and a half years in October, as reflected by the survey-based IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which…

While the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose for the third consecutive month, there was little change in employment for the second month in a row India’s manufacturing sector recorded…

Chief Economic Adviser, KV Subramanian, argues why economic fallout of a third wave, if it strikes, will be marginal, also adding that if there had been no second wave, the Q1 growth rate…

The U.S. economic expansion is losing momentum. Softening demand at a time of rising Covid-19 cases, labor shortages and persistent knots in shipping networks are…

The seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index fell from 46.4 in May to 41.2 in June. India’s services sector activities contracted further in June as the…