cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/43353333 > The S&P Global Russia Manufacturing PMI fell to 48.2 in September 2025 from August’s 3-month high of 48.7, signaling a fourth straight month of contraction. > > Output declined at the sharpest rate in over three years, while new orders shrank more steeply. > > Foreign demand also slumped, posting the largest drop since November 2022 amid weak export markets. > > […] > > Purchasing activity shrank again, though more moderately, while supplier performance deteriorated the most in six months due to logistics bottlenecks and shortages. > > On inflation, operating costs rose at the fastest pace in four months but remained below the long-run average, and firms raised output prices only fractionally. > > […]