S&P Global PMI signals Indian manufacturing hit a four-month peak in April

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For Indias manufacturing sector, new orders and production levels recorded their strongest growth so far in 2023 during April as per the seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which rose to 57.2 from 56.4 in March...

Overall business sentiment about output prospects a year ahead, improved from an eight-month low in March, as manufacturers gained confidence that volumes will be higher going forward..

After a fractional reduction in the workforce in March, April saw a reversal of trend as firms sought to expand capacities by taking on additional workers and stockpiling inputs..

Not only did buying levels expand for the 22nd successive month, but also at a sharp rate that was the strongest since February 2021, S&P Global noted, adding that suppliers were able to deliver on the higher demand...

Besides seeing the strongest inflow of new work in 2023 so far, capacities were expanded through job creation, input buying was lifted and pre-production inventories rose at a record rate, she pointed out..

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