Manufacturing Activity

US manufacturing activity nears three-year low; price pressures abate

Manufacturing expanded at a 4.5% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, the government reported last week

US economy started strong in 2023 on firm consumer spending: Fed Beige Book

"Amid heightened uncertainty, contacts did not expect economic conditions to improve much in the months ahead," the report said

China's manufacturing activity expands at fastest pace since 2012

The world's second-largest economy recorded one of its worst years in nearly half a century in 2022 due to strict Covid lockdowns and subsequent widespread infections

Work out strategies to draw global manufacturers to India: FM to industry

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked Indian industry to work out strategies as to how businesses operating in developed countries can look at India as a production or sourcing hub amid recession fears in the western countries. India has brought in a lot of facilitation and tweaking of rules to attract foreign investment into India and is also engaging with industries who want to co-locate in the country, the minister said. "As much you are preparing yourself for a long-drawn recession in the Western world, in the Developed world, I think it is also the best time for you to work out strategies for drawing those manufacturers from there to India. "Even as they are headquartered there, it might be useful for them to think of sourcing many things from here and producing from here at least for markets in this part of the globe," Sitharaman said at an event here. She said the suspected long-drawn recession, which is likely to affect Europe, is not just going to affect expo

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Manufacturing picked up in Sept qtr, may sustain for 6-9 mths: FICCI study

61% respondents in survey reported higher production level in September quarter over the year-ago period, as against 55% who reported higher output in June quarter of FY23

Fresh salvo at GDP for not capturing ground manufacturing activities

While most criticisms of the data related to GDP are on overestimating economic activities on ground, the latest one in fact censures it for underestimating the manufacturing sector in recent times

Global factory activity slumped in August but signs cost pressures easing

Manufacturing activity was weak in countries ranging from Germany to Britain to China in a sign sluggish demand was adding to headaches for companies already suffering from lingering supply constraint

India's manufacturing activity expands at quickest pace in 8 months

Job creation is subdued though companies step up purchasing and report solid manufacturing activity

PMI Manufacturing: June factory growth at 9-month low as inflation bites

While the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index remained resilient, it fell to a nine-month low of 53.9 in June from May's 54.6

China manufacturing activity fell to 6 month low amid Covid lockdowns

China's manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in an attempt to stem COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a survey

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Mfg PMI improves to 54.9 in Feb after 4-mth low in Jan as Covid curbs ease

Ukraine war-induced commodity price spike could derail mfg rebound in India

Japan's manufacturing activity growth softens in December: Report

The final au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in December fell to 54.3 on a seasonally adjusted basis, easing from the previous month's 54.5

PMI manufacturing rises to 10-month high in Nov on high domestic demand

PMI rose to 57.6 in November from 55.9 in the previous month, the highest figure since January this year

China's manufacturing activity rebounds in Nov as power shortages ease

An industry group and the national statistics agency said a monthly purchasing managers' index rose to 50.1 from October's 49.2 on a 100-point scale

Manufacturing activity grows in September on strengthening demand: PMI

The IHS Markit PMI for manufacturing rose to 53.7 in September from 52.3 recorded in August, highlighting a stronger expansion in overall business conditions

India PMI manufacturing up at three-month high in July as lockdowns ease

Jumps to 3-month high after June contraction; marginal rise in jobs

India's economic recovery stumbles, setting stage for sustained low rates

A contraction in India's services sector deepened as localized curbs to control the virus spread hurt consumer demand and business activity

India Feb manufacturing sees new orders expand sharply: IHS Markit

The Covid-19 pandemic restricted international demand for Indian goods. In response to another robust increase in total new orders, production was raised again in February