The jump in the services PMI corroborates the view that the services sector will lead the growth recovery in FY2023, says Aditi Nayar of Icra
Overall demand rose at the fastest pace since July 2011 as economic activity continued to normalise with the lifting of pandemic restrictions
Demand showed signs of resilience in May, improving further in spite of another uptick in selling prices
However, companies resumed hiring in April, as seen by the first increase in employment since November
The IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index accelerated to 58.4 last month from 55.2 in September, above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction.
Activity in India's dominant services industry shrank for a third consecutive month in July as restrictions to control the pandemic hit demand, with companies turning the most pessimistic in a year
This is expected to affect GDP growth rate during April-June quarter
Overall demand contracted at the sharpest rate since August, with foreign demand shrinking at the fastest pace since November
China's services sector activity expanded at a slower pace in December, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, as sporadic coronavirus outbreaks tempered the recovery in consumer confidence
Activity in Japan's services sector extended its run of declines to the 11th month in December, a private sector survey showed, as a new wave of coronavirus led to a contraction in business conditions
Warns about the possibility of another, more devastating Covid wave, strikes an optimistic chord on declining infections
It was the highest reading since February and comfortably above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction
At 49.8 in Sept from 41.8 in August, but contracts for 7th month in row
The ministry said that earnest efforts made by the government in last few months during coronavirus period have now started showing the green shoots
PMI for combined services and manufacturing rose from 37.2 in July to 46 in August
August was the sixth straight month the index was sub-50, the longest such stretch since a 10-month run to April 2014
Japan's services sector contracted for a sixth straight month in July, suggesting economic activity remained under pressure from the coronavirus crisis as the third quarter got under way
Agriculture was expected to be the only silver lining in the economy in the current financial year
Services activity in the country has suffered a lot amid back-to-back nationwide lockdowns to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
As many as 97 per cent of the 500 companies surveyed by IHS Markit, which conducts the survey, reported a fall in output