{"id":56537,"date":"2019-03-06T10:56:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/?p=56537"},"modified":"2019-03-06T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:56:34","slug":"indias-services-sector-activity-gathers-pace-in-feb-on-uptick-in-new-business-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/indias-services-sector-activity-gathers-pace-in-feb-on-uptick-in-new-business-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s services sector activity gathers pace in Feb on uptick in new business orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The country&#8217;s services sector activity gathered momentum in \nFebruary, driven by a quicker expansion in new work orders that \nsupported a faster increase in output and job creation, a monthly survey\n showed Tuesday.<\/strong><br><br>The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India \nServices Business Activity Index rose from 52.2 in January to 52.5 in \nFebruary, indicating an upturn in output. The services PMI was in the \nexpansion territory for the ninth straight month. In PMI parlance, a \nprint above 50 means expansion, while a score below that denotes \ncontraction. New business received by services companies rose to a \ngreater extent in February amid strengthening underlying demand, the \nsurvey said adding that the upturn in new orders in the services sector \nwas domestically driven, as highlighted by a renewed contraction in \nexternal sales.<br><br>According to Pollyanna De Lima, Principal \nEconomist at IHS Markit, and author of the report, &#8220;Faster increases in \nnew work and business activity supporting one of the best upturns in \njobs for eight years.&#8221; Meanwhile, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India \nComposite PMI Output Index, that maps both the manufacturing and \nservices industry, rose from 53.6 in January to 53.8, indicating \nacceleration in private sector activity in the country. &#8220;Indian economic\n growth strengthened halfway through the final quarter of FY18 to the \nsecond fastest since last July. The acceleration was driven by a \nthriving manufacturing sector, where production growth hit a 14-month \nhigh,&#8221; Lima said.<br><br>Lima further noted that manufacturing new \nexport orders rose at a sharp rate against a backdrop of weakening \nglobal demand and trade frictions. When looking at other emerging \nmarkets, PMI data showed that the Indian goods producing industry \noutperformed those in Brazil, Russia and China by a considerable margin.\n Meanwhile price pressures waned as almost 97 per cent of panellists \nreported no change in their selling prices. According to experts, the \nsigns of easing inflationary pressures indicate that the Reserve Bank of\n India (RBI) is likely to adopt an accommodative monetary policy stance.\n The next meeting of RBI&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled on \nApril 2-4. Meanwhile, India&#8217;s economic growth slipped to a 5-quarter low\n of 6.6 per cent in October-December period of 2018-19, mainly due to \npoor performance of farm, mining and manufacturing sectors, as per \nofficial data. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country&#8217;s services sector activity gathered momentum in February, driven by a quicker expansion in new work orders that supported a faster increase in output and job creation, a monthly survey showed Tuesday. 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