Car prices drive inflation lower in March

Operating conditions in the Indian manufacturing economy improved further during April, the seasonally adjusted HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reveals."An indicator derived from individual diffusion indices measuring changes in output, new ...

Owing to high cost of raw materials, petrol and labour, the country's services sector grew at its slowest pace in April compared to the last one-and-half years, said market research firm HSBC. According to HSBC's HSBC India survey of service sector ...

Manufacturing production increased fractionally, following a solid rise registered over the first quarter of the year Operating conditions in the Indian manufacturing economy improved further during April. However, the seasonally adjusted (PMI)an ...

India's current account deficit, which hit a record high of 6.7% in the December quarter, is likely to be around 4.8% of GDP in the March quarter, HSBC said in a research note. Though trade deficit is expected to "narrow" in 2013 driven by ongoing ...

Source: IRIS (06-MAY-13) Comments | Post Comment The India HSBC Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 50.7 from 51.4 in March that was the slowest in the current one-and-a-half year expansionary period. While, HSBC India Composite Output ...

Manufacturing activities in India may gain momentum in the coming months, given a pickup in export orders, declining prices and improved operating conditions, a survey said today. Although the country's manufacturing growth rate fell to its lowest ...

Singapore's manufacturing economy continues to expand in April, with the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April at 50.3. Workers sorting products at a facility in Singapore. (AFP/Roslan Rahman) SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing economy ...

Assistant Producer, CNBC Asia Bloomberg | For Gracie Salis, a 52-year-old Indian national living in the country's financial capital Mumbai, the surge in fresh food prices and higher transportation costs stemming from a rise in fuel costs, has ...

The country's private sector output for March witnessed the slowest rate of expansion in 17 months owing to a significant decline in new business orders, an HSBC survey said today. The ? which maps both the manufacturing and services index ? fell to ...