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Oct services' output expands at fastest pace in over 10 yrs
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SME Times News Bureau | 04 Nov, 2021
India's services sector output grew at the fastest rate in over 10 years
in October, the IHS Markit India Services PMI said on Wednesday.
According
to the PMI report, the recovery of India's service sector was extended
to October, with companies indicating a notable pick-up in new
businesses which led to the fastest expansion in output in over a
decade.
"More jobs were created as a result, though business
confidence remained subdued due to growing concerns surrounding price
pressures," the report said.
"With input costs again rising sharply, companies lifted their fees at the fastest pace in close to four and a half years."
Consequently,
the seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index showed
that output expanded at the rate of 58.4 (index reading) in October from
55.2 in September.
Moreover, the current sequence of expansion was extended to three months.
As per panel members, ongoing improvements in demand boosted growth of sales and subsequently output.
"Indeed,
new work intakes increased at a sharp and accelerated rate, the
strongest since July 2011. Moreover, the latest upturn was the third in
successive months. Survey participants commonly linked sales growth to
better underlying demand and successful marketing."
"Indian firms
were able to secure a healthy intake of new work despite charging more
for their services. Output prices rose at a solid rate that was the
strongest since July 2017. Anecdotal evidence suggested that additional
cost burdens were passed on to clients."
Besides, the overall
private sector output in India increased at a sharper rate in October as
growth quickened among both manufacturers and service providers.
Resultantly,
the Composite PMI Output Index rose from 55.3 in September to 58.7 in
October, signalling the strongest monthly expansion since January 2012.
The
upturn in business activity was supported by a substantial rise in new
work intakes, said the report which added that aggregate sales increased
at a sharp rate that was the quickest since early-2012.
"October
data pointed to a second successive monthly increase in private sector
employment, but the rate of expansion was only slight as growth among
service providers was partly offset by job shedding at goods producers."
"Price
pressures intensified in October, with the aggregate rate of input cost
inflation climbing to the joint-highest in over nine years. The rate of
charge inflation was moderate in comparison, but nevertheless the
fastest since mid-2017."
According to Pollyanna De Lima,
Economics Associate Director at IHS Markit: "A substantial rise in
prices charged for the provision of services in India had no detrimental
impact on demand, as companies signalled the strongest monthly
expansion in new business in over a decade."
"Hence, the recovery
of the sector entered its third straight month, with firms scaling up
activity at the fastest pace in ten-and a-half years and creating more
jobs. That said, service providers were concerned that persistent
inflationary pressures could deter growth in the coming year."
"Business
confidence remained subdued in the context of historical data.
Companies' expenses rose notably from September, which survey
participants mainly linked to higher fuel, material, retail, staff and
transportation costs."
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