China's official December PMI reading seen dipping to 18-month lowChinese factories are struggling to cope with widespread excess capacity and falling prices that hurt their profits.
SBI to launch forward-looking index to track economic trendsThe SBI Composite Index will analyse data from both manufacturing and services industries to determine expansion or contraction in the econ...
India's manufacturing, services growth outpaced China in November: HSBCDuring November, the HSBC composite index for India, that maps both manufacturing and services, stood at 53.6, whereas for China it was 51....
India's manufacturing, services output expand at slower pace than ChinaDuring Aug, the HSBC composite index for India, which maps both manufacturing and services, stood at 51.6, whereas for China it was 52.8, B...
Services sector registers slower pace of growth in July: HSBCIndian services companies are optimistic about future business activity on the back of stronger demand, new government policies
India's HSBC services PMI expands for first time in nearly a yearA landslide win for Narendra Modi has fuelled expectations for key economic reforms after years of policy paralysis.
Service sector output drops in December for 6th month: HSBC"The service sector continues to face head winds, with weakening new business dragging down activity," HSBC Chief Economist for India and A...
Private sector output drops for fifth successive month: HSBCServices sector activity witnessed a moderate improvement in November over previous month, even while indicating the fifth successive month...
India manufacturing PMI ends broadly flat in JuneA reading above 50 shows that the sector is expanding, while a reading below 50 shows that the output in the sector is contracting.
- HSBC manufacturing PMI jumps to 6-month high
The HSBC Markit India Manufacturing PMI rose to 54.7 in December from 53.7 in November, helped by a rise in new orders and increase in prod...
- As expected, Budget 2012 was a damp squib
The government’s credibility is so low that any positive reassurances for the future are now looked at sceptically.
- November PMI at 3-month low of 51; rising input prices create further scare
India's manufacturing barely expanded in November, as factory output dropped to a near three-year low, shows a private purchasing managers'...
- Weak data trend continues, services sector growth hits 20-month low in May
The HSBC Markit Business Activity Index, a purchasing managers' index (PMI) for services sector, slipped to 55 in May from 59.2 in the mont...
- New business helps add pace to manufacturing growth
India's manufacturing sector expanded at a faster pace in January than in the month before because of a sharp increase in overall new busin...
- Manufacturing output hits 20-month high
India’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a key measure which indicates the mood in manufacturing, rose to a 20-month high of...
- Services sector growth fastest in 16 months: Survey
A key business index Wednesday showed India's service sector output expanding at its fastest rate in 16 months last month as the country sh...
- Re rises on talk of more foreign fund inflows
The rupee rose, rebounding from near a four-week low, on speculation that overseas investors will boost holdings of local assets as India’s...