Key findings Business activity and new orders expand further Employment rises again amid positive outlook for output Purchase and staff costs tick higher Ugandan companies registered a further expansion in business activity midway through the third quarter, extending the current sequence of growth to seven months as the headline Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) […]
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Key findings Output and new business expand further Output prices broadly unchanged despite uptick in cost burdens Employment rises further amid optimism in the year-ahead outlook There was a slight drop in the latest headline monthly Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) despite the private sector companies surveyed, reporting a further improvement in business conditions. The […]
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Key findings Overall expansion supported by greater activity and new sales Employment continues to rise Fresh fall in backlogs despite renewed delays to input lead times Kampala: Private sector operating conditions during April remained encouraging as the headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (Stanbic PMI) rose to 55.3, up from the 52.9 recorded for March. Readings […]
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Key findings Growth in output and new orders sustained Job creation persists amid continued optimism in the outlook Higher input costs spur further rise in selling prices Strong demand conditions drove growth in input buying, as firms stocked up amid anticipation of more upturns in activity later in the year, slightly lifting the monthly Stanbic […]
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Key findings Fresh contraction in new business Total input prices rise again amid hikes in purchase and staff costs Job shedding continues in January Kampala: There was a fall in consumer demand during January dropping the headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) to 49.5 compared to the December reading of 53.1. Readings below 50.0 are […]
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