{"id":3396,"date":"2026-07-01T05:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:11:30","slug":"global-ai-wave-revs-up-asian-factories-offsetting-war-induced-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3396","title":{"rendered":"Global AI wave revs up Asian factories, offsetting war-induced pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) &#8211; The global AI \u200bboom powered Asia&#8217;s manufacturing sector in June, with brisk demand for technology-related goods offsetting the \u200cdrag from the Iran war, private surveys showed on Wednesday, offering some relief for the region&#8217;s export-reliant economies.<\/div>\n<div>Price pressures, however, remained elevated as supply shortages and shipping delays lengthened lead times, suggesting the energy shock tied to the Middle East conflict could intensify \u200bacross the region in coming months.<\/div>\n<div>For now, the surveys underscore how the global AI investment wave \u200bis reshaping Asia&#8217;s economic fortunes. Booming demand for chips, data-centre equipment and other technology \u2060goods provides a powerful engine for growth and acts as a critical buffer against mounting geopolitical and trade \u200brisks.<\/div>\n<div>China, Japan and South Korea saw factory activity expand in June on solid demand for chips, computers and \u200bother AI-related products, as well as stockpiling by firms seeking to guard against shortages and price rises from the Middle East conflict.<\/div>\n<div>China&#8217;s RatingDog General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers&#8217; Index (PMI) hit 51.7 in June, expanding for a seventh straight month and exceeding the 50-mark separating \u200bgrowth from contraction, the private survey showed on Wednesday. It eased from 51.8 in May but exceeded analysts&#8217; forecast \u200bof 51.6.<\/div>\n<div>The finding aligned with an official survey released on Tuesday showing China&#8217;s factory activity returned to expansion last month on \u200crobust export \u2060orders.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Overall, the manufacturing sector maintained a steady expansion in June, supported by sustained new order growth, easing cost pressures and improved labour market conditions,&#8221; Yao Yu, founder at RatingDog, said on China&#8217;s PMI.<\/div>\n<div>Japan&#8217;s PMI also rose to 54.8 in June from 54.5 in the prior month, expanding for a sixth consecutive month with new orders \u200bgrowing at their fastest pace \u200bin more than two \u2060years.<\/div>\n<div>But input cost inflation stayed at a nearly four-year high in June, a sign of mounting price pressures that could crimp corporate margins and lead to broad-based inflation.<\/div>\n<div>South \u200bKorea&#8217;s factory activity also expanded for the seventh consecutive month, though at a \u200bslower pace than \u2060in May on falling export demand.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Firms frequently reported that rising raw material prices, alongside difficulties sourcing and receiving inputs due to delays and shortages, weighed on sector performance,&#8221; said Usamah Bhatti, economist at S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence.<\/div>\n<div>Factory activity in \u2060most \u200bAsian emerging economies continued to expand. The index for the Philippines \u200bheld steady at 50.9 in June from 50.8 in May, while that for Malaysia rose to 50.7 from 49.9 in May, the surveys \u200bshowed.<\/div>\n<div>Taiwan and Vietnam also saw factory activity expand in June, the surveys showed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3394\">US lifts curbs on Anthropic\u2019s Fable, Mythos AI models<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3392\">FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes to be fakes, source says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3390\">Gold set for worst quarterly loss in 13 years on hawkish Fed stance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global AI \u200bboom powered Asia&#8217;s manufacturing sector in June, with brisk demand for technology-related goods offsetting the \u200cdrag from the Iran war, private surveys showed on Wednesday, offering some relief for the region&#8217;s export-reliant economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-3396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-disrupted"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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