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印度4月私部門成長加速:採購經理人指數報告

-- 標普全球週四發布的報告顯示,受製造業的帶動,印度私部門4月擴張加速。 標普全球引述其月度調查報告稱,印度4月份經季節性調整的綜合採購經理人指數(PMI)初值(涵蓋製造業和服務業)為58.3,高於3月份的57.0,進一步突破了50榮枯分界線。 標普全球補充道,印度4月製造業PMI初值上升至59.1,高於3月的55.7;服務業PMI初值為57.9,高於上月的57.5。 標普全球指出:“受中東戰爭影響,印度私營部門3月份增速放緩,但本財年伊始,其整體活動和新訂單增速加快。” 標普全球表示,印度私部門經理報告稱,產能擴張、需求改善、新訂單持續成長且創歷史新高,以及科技投資,都支撐了業務活動。 面對不斷增長的需求,印度企業再次增加了員工人數。 標普全球指出:“印度私營部門的就業人數進一步增加,4月份的就業增長率達到十個月以來的最高水平。” 然而,印度私營部門在4月也面臨成本上升的問題。 標普全球表示,企業經理“特別指出,化工、食品、黃麻、皮革、金屬、橡膠和運輸方面的支出有所增加。此外,還有人提到天然氣短缺推高了天然氣價格。” 儘管受到波斯灣局勢動盪和營運成本上漲的影響,印度企業經理在4月仍保持樂觀,並預計未來12個月的產量將有所增長。 標普全球表示,印度企業預計「行銷活動將支撐其商品和服務的需求,待審批項目和不斷增長的客戶諮詢量也將提振市場樂觀情緒」。 標普全球根據4月8日至20日期間向400家製造商和400家服務提供者發放的問卷,編制了4月份印度採購經理人指數(PMI)初值。

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