India's Manufacturing Activity Rises to 58.3 in June

India Manufacturing Review Team
Monday, 01 July 2024

India's manufacturing activity leaped owing to increased strong interest, prompting the quickest pace of recruiting in more than 19 years regardless of inflationary tensions staying elevated, a study showed. The HSBC final India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), gathered by S&P Global, rose to 58.3 in June. This is somewhat beneath the initial estimate of 58.5, however, up from 57.5 in May.

Maitreyi Das, global economist at HSBC, said, "The Indian manufacturing sector ended the June quarter on stronger footing. While the overall outlook for the manufacturing sector remains positive, the future output index receded to a three-month low, albeit it remains above the historical average."

The study showed that inflationary tensions stayed raised as cost costs expanded at a hardly more slow speed from May.

"Manufacturers were able to pass on higher costs to customers, as demand remained robust, resulting in improved margin," Maitreyi Das said.

The most recent study showed that increase in prices will average close to the mid-point of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) target scope of 2-6%, at 4.6% and 4.5% in the current and next financial years. According to the survey, the RBI was anticipated to cut its interest rate by 25 basis points next quarter to 6.25 percent, followed by a similar cut in the January-March quarter.

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