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Fibre2Fashion
09-08-2025
- Business
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Bangladesh's PMI 61.5 in Jul on strong manufacturing, services growth
Bangladesh's purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose by 8.4 points over the previous month's figure to 61.5 in July this year, indicating that the overall economy is expanding. The rise was attributed to a faster expansion for the indices of manufacturing and services sectors, a slower expansion rate for the agriculture sector, and a reversion of the construction sector to an expansion reading. The agriculture sector posted its tenth month of expansion. The sector posted slower expansion for the indices of new business, business activity and input costs, but the order-backlogs index posted a faster expansion. Bangladesh's PMI rose by 8.4 points over the previous month's figure to 61.5 in July, indicating that the economy is expanding. The rise was attributed to a faster expansion for the indices of manufacturing and services sectors, a slower expansion for the agriculture sector, and a reversion of the construction sector to an expansion reading. The manufacturing sector posted its 11th month of expansion. The manufacturing sector posted its 11th month of expansion, and at a faster rate, too, according to domestic media reports. The sector posted expansion readings for the indices of new orders, factory output, input purchases, finished goods, imports, input prices, supplier deliveries and order backlogs. Both the indexes of new exports and employment posted contraction readings. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka, and Policy Exchange Bangladesh (PEB) release the PMI report. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
Fibre2Fashion
08-07-2025
- Business
- Fibre2Fashion
Bangladesh's June 2025 PMI sees slower expansion rate
Bangladesh's purchasing managers' index (PMI) declined by 5.8 points month on month (MoM) in June this year to 53.1—a slower expansion rate. The reading indicates that the overall Bangladesh economy continued to expand for nine months in a row. It was attributed to a first-time contraction for the construction sector, whereas slower expansion rates were observed for the rest of the important sectors: agriculture, manufacturing and services. Bangladesh's PMI declined by 5.8 points month on month in June this year to 53.1â€'a slower expansion rate. The reading indicates that the overall Bangladesh economy continued to expand for nine months in a row. The manufacturing sector posted its 10th month of expansion, but at a slower rate. The sector saw contraction readings for the indices of input purchases, finished goods, imports and employment. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, and Policy Exchange Bangladesh (PEB) released the PMI data. The manufacturing sector posted its 10th month of expansion, but at a slower rate. The sector posted contraction readings for the indices of input purchases, finished goods, imports and employment, domestic media outlets reported. Slower expansion readings were recorded for the manufacturing indices of new orders, new exports, factory output, input prices and supplier deliveries. The order backlogs reverted to an expansion reading after having recorded contractions for 10 consecutive months. The agriculture sector posted its 9th month of expansion, but at a slower rate. In terms of the future business index, slower expansion rates were recorded for the indices of manufacturing and construction. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
Fibre2Fashion
17-06-2025
- Business
- Fibre2Fashion
Bangladesh's May PMI up 6 points to 58.9
Bangladesh's purchasing managers' index (PMI) in May this year rose by 6 points from April to reach 58.9. The latest reading was attributed to a faster rate of expansion posted by the agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors, whereas the construction sector posted no change. Both the indexes of new business and employment reverted to a contraction, whereas the order backlogs index reverted to an expansion. Bangladesh's PMI in May rose by 6 points from April to reach 58.9. The reading was attributed to a faster rate of expansion in the agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors, whereas the construction sector saw no change. The manufacturing sector posted its ninth month of expansion in a row, and at a faster rate. It saw expansion in most indexes except for the order backlogs index. The agriculture sector posted its eighth consecutive month of expansion, and at a faster rate. It posted faster expansion rates for the indexes of new business, business activity, employment, input costs, and the order backlogs index reverted to an expansion. The manufacturing sector posted its ninth month of expansion in a row, and at a faster rate. It posted expansion readings for most indexes except for the order backlogs index, which posted a slower contraction rate and had recorded contractions for 10 consecutive months. In terms of the future business index, slower expansion rates were recorded for the indexes of manufacturing, construction, and services, whereas the agriculture index posted a faster expansion rate, domestic media outlets reported. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dhaka and Policy Exchange Bangladesh released the PMI report. It was developed by both with support from the UK government and technical support from Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
