Mumbai, Jan. 23 -- After losing some momentum at the end of the 2025 calendar year, growth across India's private sector economy bounced back in January. The HSBC Flash PMI figures showed quicker increases in new orders and output, alongside the reinstatement of job creation and a rebound in business confidence.
For all of the aforementioned measures, trends improved at both manufacturers and service providers. Meanwhile, aggregate rates of input cost and output charge inflation remained moderate despite quickening since December.
Rising from an 11-month low reading of 57.8 in December to 59.5 in January, the HSBC Flash India Composite Output Index indicated a sharp rate of expansion that was above the long-run series average.
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