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January data highlighted that U.S. service providers started the year with a further slowdown in output and new business growth. At the same time, survey respondents indicated a relatively subdued degree of confidence about their prospects for growth over the next 12 months, with firms linking this to heightened uncertainty about the wider economic outlook.
Employment growth was nonetheless sustained in January and the latest rise in payroll numbers was the fastest since September 2015. Input cost inflation remained marginal, helped by falling fuel prices, which in turn led to only a slight increase in service sector output charges during the latest survey period.
Adjusted for seasonal influences, the final Markit U.S. Services Business Activity Index registered 53.2 in January, down from 54.3 in December, to indicate the weakest pace of activity growth since the current period of expansion began in late-2013. Although still above the crucial 50.0 no-change value, the latest index reading was also below the average recorded since the survey began in October 2009 (55.8).
The seasonally adjusted final Markit U.S. Composite PMI™ Output Index registered 53.2 in January, down from 54.0 in December, to signal the weakest rise in private sector business activity since October 2013. The overall slowdown in January largely reflected a more subdued expansion of service sector activity, as manufacturing output rose at a slightly faster pace than December’s 26-month low.
