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Landscaping, conservancy to get ‘targeted flexibilities’ in foreign worker quotas

International demand also softened with new export business expanding at the weakest pace in seven months.
International

India’s October services growth eases to five-month low on heavy rain, competition: PMI

The S&P Global final Japan Services Purchasing Managers’ Index slipped slightly to 53.1 in October from 53.3 in September, maintaining a seventh consecutive month above the 50.0 mark, which separates growth from contraction.
International

Japan’s services sector extends growth in October despite demand slowdown, PMI shows

China remains on track to meet its economic target of around 5 per cent this year, though a prolonged property slump, weak domestic demand, and trade uncertainty continue pressuring policymakers to introduce more stimulus.
Global Enterprise

China’s services growth hits three-month low in October, PMI shows

Employment in the service sector has expanded slightly as firms responded to increased sales and anticipated future demand, according to survey respondents.
International

Japan’s service sector extends gains in September: PMI

The RatingDog China General Services PMI, compiled by S&P Global, slipped to 52.9 in September from 53.0 in August, staying above the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction.
International

China’s service activity growth moderates: private PMI

China’s economy has been struggling to regain momentum amid a protracted property slump, weak household confidence and soft private investment.
International

China’s services activity growth hits 15-month high in August, private PMI shows

Solid growth in new business underpinned Japan's service sector’s performance, with total new orders rising at the fastest rate since February despite foreign demand contracting at its sharpest pace in more than three years.
International

Japan’s service sector growth moderates in August, PMI shows

The CBI survey showed services firms expected business to weaken over the coming three months but less sharply than in previous quarters.
International

UK services firms are still in the doldrums, CBI says

China's non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, which includes services and construction, dropped to 50.1 from 50.5 in June, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Global Enterprise

China’s non-manufacturing activity grows at slower pace in July: PMI 

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