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インドの民間部門の成長は、3月の減速後、4月には勢いを増した。

-- インドの民間部門の成長は、中東戦争の影響で3月に減速した後、4月には加速した。 木曜日に発表されたHSBCフラッシュPMIデータによると、製造業とサービス業の指数で構成されるHSBCフラッシュ・インド総合生産指数は、前月の57.0から4月には58.3に上昇した。 製造業とサービス業の月次生産量を追跡する季節調整済み指数は、50.0の基準値を大きく上回り、景気拡大を示している。 S&Pは、「調査参加者は、設備投資の拡大、需要状況の改善、新規受注の増加、技術投資によって事業活動が支えられていると回答した」と述べた。 4月の新規受注も3月よりも速いペースで増加した。 HSBCフラッシュ・インド製造業PMIが3月の53.9から55.9に上昇したことからもわかるように、4月の全体的な事業環境は3月よりも大きく改善した。 HSBCフラッシュ・インド・サービス業PMI景況指数は、3月の57.5から4月には57.9へとわずかに上昇した。 HSBCのチーフ・インド・エコノミスト、プランジュール・バンダリ氏は、「製造業が回復を牽引し、生産量と新規受注の伸びが加速した。調査によると、企業は供給サイドショックの長期化に関する不確実性に対応するため、緩衝在庫を積み増している」と述べた。 しかしながら、投入コストの上昇圧力は依然として高く、企業は価格上昇分の一部を販売価格に転嫁した。 報告書によると、インドの民間企業は、自社製品・サービスへの需要を支えるマーケティング活動に牽引され、今後12ヶ月間で生産量が増加すると予想している。 承認待ちのプロジェクトや顧客からの問い合わせの増加も楽観的な見方を強めたが、全体的な景況感は3月以降低下したものの、約1年半ぶりの高水準となった。

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