Japan’s manufacturing activity sped up in March from the prior month as a reduction in COVID-19 cases in the country helped lift orders and production. However, surging input prices and Russia’s war in Ukraine clouded the outlook.
Activity in the services sector, which has been battered by the pandemic, contracted for the third straight month, but the pace of decline slowed.
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