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title: "Italian manufacturing cost pressures at 4-year high in April, PMI shows"
type: "News"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/285043782.md"
description: "Cost pressures in Italy's manufacturing sector reached a four-year high in April, driven by Middle East conflict, with input cost inflation rising to 75.4. The PMI rose to 52.1, indicating growth, but delivery delays and cost inflation worsened. Consumer price inflation hit 2.9%, and the government revised its economic growth outlook down to 0.6% for this year and next, forecasting six years of sub-1% growth."
datetime: "2026-05-04T08:13:18.000Z"
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# Italian manufacturing cost pressures at 4-year high in April, PMI shows

ROME, May 4 (Reuters) - Cost pressures in Italy's manufacturing sector hit their highest level in almost four years in April, fuelled by the conflict in the Middle East, a survey showed on Monday. The measure of input cost inflation in the Italian HCOB Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) accelerated to 75.4 from 69.0 in March, marking the highest reading since May 2022. The headline

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