India, Sept. 23 -- The manufacturing sector in Japan continued to expand in September, albeit at a slower pace, the latest survey from S&P Global revealed on Thursday with a manufacturing PMI score of 54.1.
That's down from 54.9, although it remains above the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
While the upturn continued to be led by the manufacturing industry, both goods producers and service providers recorded slower rates of output and new order growth compared to the previous month. Inflationary pressures meanwhile remained intense. Despite easing on the month, rates of both input cost and output charge inflation remained rapid overall, with the latter easing only slightly from August's survey-record.
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