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Services PMI rises to 11-month high at 50.2 in May 2014

04 Jun 2014 Evaluate

Showing some signs of recovery and stabilization, the activity in Indian services sector, which represent around 60% of Indian GDP, increased in the month of May on the back of rise in new orders. Witnessing first expansion in output in 11 months, The HSBC services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on the survey of around 350 private service sector companies rose to 50.2 in May from 48.5 in the previous month, above 50 mark that separates growth from contraction. However, the latest increase in activity was only marginal and weak in the context of historical data. The overall business activities too expanded as the HSBC India Composite Output Index, which measures activity in both the manufacturing and services sector, rose from 49.5 in April to 50.7 in the reported month.

The services providers highlighted general improvement in client demand. Among six monitored sub-sectors, Post & Telecommunication and Renting & Business Activities registered higher output in the month under review. Input costs faced by service providers in India continued to rise in May and services providers attributed higher raw material and fuel bills as the main drivers of increasing input prices. Accordingly, in order to protect margins amid increased cost burdens, services firms increased output prices for a forty-third consecutive month in May. Though the rate of charge inflation moderated to the slowest since last July.

The HSBC survey further highlighted that work-in-hand at service providers rose for the third month running in May due to the cashflow difficulties. Meanwhile, Indian services companies maintained their positive outlook for output growth over the next 12 months on the back of supportive factors such as end of the elections, launch of new services, planned increases in marketing budgets, the launch of new services and forecasts of stronger demand. The service sector activity is likely to surge in coming future supported by the strong election results.

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