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Core industries post healthy growth in April

By  CL Jose June 7, 2024

MUMBAI: The eight core industries posted healthy growth in April 2024, said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das, while explaining the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decisions today.

He also said purchasing managers’ index (PMI) in manufacturing continued to exhibit strength in May 2024 and is the highest globally, adding that services sector maintained buoyancy as evident from available high frequency indicators. “PMI services stood strong at 60.2 in May 2024 indicating continued and robust expansion in activity,” he added

During 2024-25 so far, domestic economic activity has maintained resilience. Manufacturing activity continues to gain ground on the back of strengthening domestic demand.

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CL Jose

Editor at Business Benchmark News

Have been in the financial media since the early 90s, starting with Financiall Express in Mumbai. Worked in Mumbai editions of Business Standard and Observer of Business and Politics. I spent most of my journalistic career in the GCC - Saudi Arabia, Oman and UAE with various business newspapers, mostly covering banking and finance.