{"id":589633,"date":"2023-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/06\/the-pmi-was-in-contraction-territory-again-in-june\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:00:00","slug":"the-pmi-was-in-contraction-territory-again-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/06\/the-pmi-was-in-contraction-territory-again-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"The PMI was in contraction territory again in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A brighter June for Egypt\u2019s non-oil private sector: <\/span><span>The contraction in Egypt\u2019s <\/span><span>non-oil private sector slowed to its softest pace in almost two years on the back of easing inflation pressures, according to S&P Global\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/121.pdf\" style=\"\">purchasing managers\u2019 index (<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/121.pdf\" style=\"\">pdf<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/121.pdf\" style=\"\">)<\/a><\/span><span>. The country\u2019s PMI rose for the third consecutive month to reach 49.1 in June, up from <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7a1dbfe7-a856-4c8e-838c-9f5ecade355f\" style=\"\">47.8 in May<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. This is the highest reading since August 2021 \u2014 but still below the 50.0 mark that separates growth from contraction, making June the 31st consecutive month that business activity has been in decline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Output + new orders drove the gentler contraction in June: <\/span><span>\u201cBehind June's sustained uplift in the PMI were output and new orders, which similarly showed rates of decline softening amid reports from some survey members that demand conditions were beginning to show green shoots of recovery,\u201d said Joe Hayes, principal economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence. While non-oil private sector output continued to contract, driven by price pressures, liquidity <\/span><span>challenges, and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> weak demand, it did so at its weakest rate in 21 months. New work intake similarly continued to fall as a result of high prices and subdued economic conditions but did so at its softest rate since December 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Domestic demand lifted by easing inflation \u2014 but overseas orders fall sharply:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Local clients drove purchasing orders in June as input cost inflation came in at a 16-month low driven by a slower uptick in purchase costs, allowing output charges to rise at a slightly weaker rate. However, new export orders fell at their sharpest rate in nine months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- Annual inflation rose to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/45243304-a209-49cc-a046-caa6d769cb01\" style=\"\">32.7% y-o-y in May<\/a><\/span><span> and is expected to remain high following hikes to diesel and subsidized food prices. Capmas and the central bank should release June\u2019s inflation figures on 10 July. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The PMI inflation gauge measures businesses\u2019 perception of how prices are changing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, while Capmas calculates the official figure based on the price of a basket of goods and services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Confidence is near an all-time low, despite softer contractions across the board: <\/span><span>\u201cBusiness confidence fell to its second-lowest level on record, highlighting a somber mood amongst businesses across Egypt's non-oil private economy,\u201d said Haye<\/span><span>s. \u201cIf ke<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">y survey indicators such as output and new orders can sustain their upward current trajectory, we may see an improvement in business sentiment in the coming months,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">FROM THE REGION-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Saudi expansion continues:<\/span><span> Activity in Saudi Arabia\u2019s private sector recorded sharp growth in <\/span><span>June with the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/123.pdf\" style=\"\">PMI (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> rising to 59.6 from 58.5 in May, as both output and new orders rose at accelerated rates. Employment remained high, with some firms increasing wages to maintain experienced staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">UAE firms see new demand hit four-year high: <\/span><span>The UAE\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/125.pdf\" style=\"\">PMI (<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/125.pdf\" style=\"\">pdf<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/125.pdf\" style=\"\">)<\/a><\/span><span> rose to 56.9 in June <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">from 55.5 the month before, as strengthening business conditions caused output and new orders in the country\u2019s non-oil private sector to rise rapidly. New orders were supported by an increase in overseas demand.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PMI rose to 49.1 from 47.8 in May<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7206],"tags":[104,72,185],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-589633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-economy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-pmi","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"4540ea74-5a08-4d70-a932-e08737081ebc","order":"0","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/129.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt\u2019s non-oil private sector activity contracts at weakest rate in 22 months in June","related_issue":[589622],"teaser":"The PMI rose to 49.1 from 47.8 in May","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/7\/.eb98a64f-9311-493d-8f28-b688d53b7c17.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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