The Nikkei Manufacturing PMI in India increased to 51.6 in April of 2018 from 51.0 in the preceding month and beating market consensus of 51.3.
Output and new orders rose at faster paces and sentiment hit its highest since the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax in July 2017. Also, buying activity grew the most since January and employment expanded marginally. On the price front, inflationary pressures continued to ease, with the softest increases for input costs and output charges reported since September 2017 and July 2017 respectively. Manufacturing PMI in India is reported by Markit Economics.
| India Business | Last | Previous | Highest | Lowest | Unit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Confidence | 59.70 | 58.30 | 71.80 | 45.70 | Index Points | [+] |
| Manufacturing PMI | 51.60 | 51.00 | 55.00 | 47.90 | [+] | |
| Services PMI | 50.30 | 47.80 | 57.50 | 44.60 | Index Points | [+] |
| Industrial Production | 7.10 | 7.40 | 20.00 | -7.20 | percent | [+] |
| Industrial Production Mom | -3.40 | 1.50 | 14.90 | -14.10 | percent | [+] |
| Manufacturing Production | 8.70 | 8.60 | 24.30 | -9.10 | percent | [+] |
| Changes in Inventories | 228.82 | 236.56 | 768.62 | 184.29 | INR Billion | [+] |
| Car Production | 260805.00 | 255196.00 | 292861.00 | 7277.00 | Units | [+] |
| Car Registrations | 263487.00 | 242411.00 | 304900.00 | 6508.00 | [+] | |
| Internet Speed | 6492.06 | 5567.50 | 6492.06 | 784.09 | KBps | [+] |
| IP Addresses | 9378846.00 | 9261013.00 | 14278593.00 | 1768679.00 | IP | [+] |
| Mining Production | -0.30 | 0.20 | 13.00 | -17.50 | percent | [+] |
| Steel Production | 9227.00 | 8434.00 | 9227.00 | 713.00 | Thousand Tonnes | [+] |
| Cement Production | 26374.00 | 27151.00 | 27151.00 | 9355.00 | Thousands of Tonnes | [+] |
| Competitiveness Index | 4.59 | 4.52 | 4.59 | 4.20 | Points | [+] |
| Competitiveness Rank | 40.00 | 39.00 | 71.00 | 39.00 | [+] | |
| Composite Pmi | 50.80 | 49.70 | 55.40 | 46.00 | [+] | |
| Corruption Index | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 26.30 | Points | [+] |
| Corruption Rank | 81.00 | 79.00 | 95.00 | 35.00 | [+] | |
| Ease of Doing Business | 100.00 | 130.00 | 139.00 | 100.00 | [+] | |
