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Bigger firms pass on surging input costs to consumers, smaller ones stuck

Smaller manufacturers are resorting to cuts in the wage bill to keep afloat, as the demand situation in the economy remains low

Manufacturing growth falls in Aug on Covid curbs, rising input costs: PMI

The index for manufacturing fell to 52.3 in the month from 55.3 in July, forcing companies to pause their hiring efforts

Growth in China's July services activity speeds up, but risks loom

Growth in China's services sector accelerated in July, a private survey showed on Wednesday, although the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant across the country threatens to undercut the recovery

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

Mapping recovery

India needs a new medium-term economic road map

China's factory activity growth dips to four month low in June: PMI

Growth in China's factory activity dipped to a four-month low in June, weighed by higher raw material costs, global shortage of semiconductors and a resurgence of Covid cases in major export province

China's factory activity growth slows in April as supply bottlenecks weigh

The country's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 51.1 in April from 51.9 in March

Bulls back on D-Street; Sensex settles 750 pts up; PSU, auto stocks rally

The advance to decline ratio favoured bulls as nearly 2x stocks rose for every 1 stock that declined on the BSE

China's Jan factory activity expands at slowest pace in 7 mths: Caixin PMI

The slowdown in the manufacturing sector underscores the fragility of the ongoing economic recovery in China, as Beijing grapples with a resurgence of local Covid-19 cases in northern China

A lost year

Indian economy will need careful policy handling

Manufacturing shows marginal improvement in Dec, PMI inches up to 56.4

One area that failed to show an improvement was employment, with jobs being shed once again at the end of 2020

India November WPI up at 1.55 over jump in prices of manufactured goods

The annual wholesale price index rose in November, mainly because of an increase in prices of manufacturing items

Manufacturing activity loses pace in Nov, falls to three-month low: PMI

While all three broad areas of the manufacturing industry recorded expansion, consumer goods segment led the growth, the only sector to see a stronger rate of increase

India's manufacturing PMI loses steam slips to three-month low in November

The companies indicated that sales growth was underpinned by resilient demand, though curbed by the Covid-19 pandemic

India's factory activity falters in November as Covid-19 fears persist: PMI

Asia's third-largest economy and the second most affected country by the pandemic contracted 7.5% in the July-September quarter

Euro zone business activity shrinks but Covid vaccine hopes boost optimism

The bloc's economy is on track for its first double-dip recession in nearly a decade as a second wave of the coronavirus sweeps across Europe, a Reuters poll suggested last week

Top headlines: HDFC Q2 profit tanks 28%, factory output hits decade high

From NIIF foraying into road and highway sector to HDFC Q2 profit declining, Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

Why economists remain pessimistic amid signs of economic recovery

Some believe recent indicators like GST numbers are overstated, most are sceptical about the impact of a stubborn pandemic

Hope for economy as PMI shows manufacturing activity in Sept at 8-year high

Upturn in total sales was supported by a renewed expansion in new export orders, says index

From PMI to auto sales, August numbers send mixed signals on recovery

E-way bills, after showing an uptrend since April, stagnated in August