标准普尔全球澳大利亚服务业PMI商业活动指数继续扩大,5月份为50.6,标志着连续第16个月增长,但增速为6个月来最低。随着新订单以十个月来最疲软的速度增长,活动增长放缓,新业务增长放缓。出口需求连续第三个月下降,同时出现与选举有关的暂时不确定性。在能源和劳动力支出增加的推动下,投入成本继续大幅上升,尽管整体成本通胀速度放缓至3个月低点。因此,服务提供商以较慢的速度提高了产出费用,产出价格通胀降至2020年12月以来的最低水平。尽管需求减弱,但公司继续扩大人员配置水平以满足现有工作量,导致未完成业务在三个月内首次出现小幅下降。然而,由于对全球贸易的担忧,服务提供商的信心跌至去年11月以来的最低水平
The S&P Global Australia Services PMI Business Activity Index continued to expand, posting 50.6 in May, marking a 16th straight month of growth but at the slowest pace in six months. Activity growth eased in line with softer new business gains, as new orders rose at the weakest rate in a ten-month expansion streak. Export demand declined for a third straight month, alongside temporary election-related uncertainty. Input costs continued to rise sharply—driven by higher energy and labor expenses—though the overall pace of cost inflation slowed to a 3-month low. As a result, service providers raised their output charges at a slower rate, with output price inflation falling to its lowest since December 2020. Despite weaker demand, firms continued to expand staffing levels to meet existing workloads, leading to the first marginal drop in outstanding business in three months. However, confidence among service providers slipped to its lowest since last November amid concerns over global trade