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U.S. services sector expands at slower pace in April [April 26, 2014] NEW YORK (Reuters) — The U.S. services sector expanded in April at a slower rate than the previous month as employment creation decelerated, an industry report showed on Friday. |
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Financial data firm Markit said its "flash"
services Purchasing Managers Index hit 54.2 in April compared
with March's final reading of 55.3. A reading above 50 signals expansion in economic activity. The services sector added employees at the slowest rate in
almost two years, with the employment subindex at 51.0, its
lowest since June 2012, down from 51.8 last month. Markit's "flash" composite PMI, a weighted average of its
manufacturing and services indexes, hit 54.9 in April versus
55.7 in March. It was below the average for the first quarter of
this year, which was 55.3. "These data challenge the view among many, including some key
policymakers, that the recent deterioration in some of the
economic data has been purely a symptom of the adverse weather
at the start of the year," said Chris Williamson, chief
economist at Markit. He said surveys are running at a level broadly consistent with
annualized GDP growth of 2.0 percent while employment subindexes
point to non-farm payroll growth sliding to around 100,000 per
month. The government non-farm payrolls report is due next Friday and
is expected to show 203,000 net new jobs were created in April,
according to a Reuters survey. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; editing by Chizu Nomiyama) [© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.] Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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