Swedish PMI higher in October at 53.1 points


STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Activity in Sweden’s manufacturing sector rose to 53.1 points in October from an upwardly revised 51.6 points the previous month, compilers Silf/Swedbank said on Friday.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Activity in Sweden’s manufacturing sector rose to 53.1 points in October from an upwardly revised 51.6 points the previous month, compilers Silf/Swedbank said on Friday.
It was the third month in a row the index has been in the growth zone, defined as above 50 points.
The sub-index for orders made the biggest contribution to the increase.
(Reporting by Simon Johnson, editing by Terje Solsvik)
PMI stands for Purchasing Managers' Index, a measure of the prevailing direction of economic trends in the manufacturing and service sectors. It is based on surveys of private sector companies.
A sub-index is a component of a broader index that measures a specific aspect of the overall index. For example, in PMI, the orders sub-index reflects changes in new orders received by manufacturers.
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