Indian HSBC Manufacturing PMI Flash (Feb) 57.5 (Prev. 55.4)

The Indian HSBC Manufacturing PMI Flash for February came in at 57.5, significantly up from the previous 55.4.

Newsquawk StaffPublished 20 Feb 2026, 05:20 UTCOn the live feed at 05:00 UTC — 1 more headline followed before this page went public

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Amazon (AMZN) service was reportedly taken down by AI coding bot, with the Co. Tech giant blaming ‘user error, not AI error’ for the incident in December involving its Kiro tool, according to FT

05:09

Japanese PM Takaichi says there is a dearth of domestic investment in Japan and will stop trend of austerity and lack of investment

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Indian HSBC Manufacturing PMI Flash (Feb) 57.5 (Prev. 55.4)

04:38

China is monitoring US military aircraft movements over Yellow Sea, according to Global Times

04:35

NORAD says it detected and tracked two Tu-95s and two Su-35s and one A-50 operating Alaskan ADIZ on February 19th, while it launched several aircraft to intercept and positively identify, and escort the aircraft until they departed the Alaskan ADIZ

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This beat suggests stronger-than-expected manufacturing activity, which could indicate robust economic growth and potentially influence the Reserve Bank of India's policy outlook, especially concerning inflation and interest rates.

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