Factory Output

Flash PMI October 2025: New orders placed with private sector companies in India expanded in October, though the pace of growth slowed to its weakest in five months

Beijing last month rolled out a package of stimulus measures, including interest rate cuts and a major liquidity injection, aimed at shielding the economy from the hit from US tariffs

Retail sales, a gauge of consumption, rose by 5.1 per cent in April, down from a 5.9 per cent increase in March and compared with forecasts for an expansion of 5.5 per cent

Boeing and the U.S. Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment outside normal business hours

The au Jibun Bank flash Japan manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) climbed to 50.5 in May

Sharpest uptick in output, new orders since Oct 2020, says survey

Demand was up about 5.1% on a daily basis from the 4.74 mbpd (20.04 million metric tons) consumed in January

Inflationary pressures retreated, with purchase costs rising at the weakest pace since the current sequence of increases began in August 2020

A business survey, which the BoE factored into its decision to keep rates on hold, showed companies endured a much tougher September than feared, marked by growing unemployment

The upbeat data suggest that a flurry of recent measures including property support policies to shore up a faltering economic recovery are starting to bear fruit

The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 49.7 from 49.3 in July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, staying below the 50-point level demarcating contraction from expansion

Meanwhile, growth in new export business picked up to the fastest since last November

Factory output, which had also contracted in the fourth quarter, was boosted by a 36.7% surge in the production of motor vehicles and parts in the second quarter

According to S&P Global, the overall level of business confidence rose to a six-month high in June

China's economy witnessed a fast growth than expected in the 1st quarter. However, recent indicators demonstrate that the demand is rapidly weakening with exports, imports and factory activity falling

Demand conditions demonstrated remarkable strength, with factory orders rising at the fastest pace since January 2021

The manufacturing subindexes showed factory output rose at the fastest clip in 11 months while new orders including new exports expanded in May.

China's economy is emerging from three years of pandemic lockdowns, but the recovery has been uneven with services spending outperforming activity in the factory, property and export-oriented sectors

The survey results suggest India will continue to be one of the fastest-growing major economies despite slowing global growth that has undermined momentum across several other countries

Ebbing demand for goods is undercutting production at factories, with other data on Friday showing manufacturing production declining last month