{"id":343946,"date":"2026-06-01T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=343946"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:27:18","slug":"philippine-factory-activity-returns-to-growth-in-may-pmi-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/philippine-factory-activity-returns-to-growth-in-may-pmi-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine factory activity returns to growth in May, PMI shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A WORKER is seen inside a producing facility in Sto. Tomas, Batangas, March 1, 2023. \u2014 PHILIPPINE STAR\/KJ ROSALES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>PHILIPPINE factory activity returned to expansion in May as stronger domestic demand lifted output and recent orders, at the same time as the Middle East conflict continues to affect supply chains and costs, S&#038;P Global said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers\u2019 Index (PMI) rose to 50.8 in May from 48.3 in April. A PMI reading above 50 indicates an improvement in operating conditions from the previous month, while a reading below 50 signals deterioration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general expansion was driven by a fresh rise in recent orders, which followed a pointy reduction in April. Improved client demand and recent customer wins were said to have driven growth,\u201d S&#038;P Global said.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, last month\u2019s rebound was \u201conly modest and historically subdued,\u201d it said:<\/p>\n<p>Maryam Baluch, an economist at S&#038;P Global Market Intelligence, said despite the renewed growth, \u201csupply-chain disruption and value pressures worsened because the Middle East conflict entered its third month.\u201d \u2014 <strong>Justine Irish DP. Tabile<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WORKER is seen inside a producing facility in Sto. Tomas, Batangas, March 1, 2023. \u2014 PHILIPPINE STAR\/KJ ROSALES PHILIPPINE factory activity returned to expansion in May as stronger domestic demand lifted output and recent orders, at the same time as the Middle East conflict continues to affect supply chains and costs, S&#038;P Global said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6657,9375,3431,1901,19254,548,1983],"class_list":["post-343946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-activity","tag-factory","tag-growth","tag-philippine","tag-pmi","tag-returns","tag-shows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343949,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343946\/revisions\/343949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}