Services sector expands at fast rate
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THE United States services sector expanded in May at its fastest rate since March 2012 as employment creation accelerated, an industry report showed yesterday.
Financial data firm Markit said its “flash” services Purchasing Managers’ Index hit 58.4 in May compared with April’s final reading of 55.
A reading above 50 signals expansion in economic activity.
The services sector added employees at the fastest rate since January, with the employment sub-index at 53.1, up from 51.2 last month. New business growth for the services sector was at its fastest since February 2011.
Markit’s “flash” composite PMI, a weighted average of its manufacturing and services indexes, hit 58.6 in May versus a final reading of 55.6 in April, marking the fastest rate of private sector output growth since April 2010.
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