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Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... weakening Japan. Japanese household spending growth decelerated to 0.8% in the year to July from 2.7% in June; core machinery orders - an indicator of business investment - slowed sharply to just 0.3% in the year to July from 12.5% in the previous month. ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... sales slowed for the third straight month to 0.6% in the year to January from 1.3% in the previous month. Core machinery orders - a leading indicator of business investment - dropped by 5.4% in the month of January and by 5.2% over the year. However ...

Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... provided the highest contribution to growth (0.5 percentage points) over the same period. Latest data on core machinery orders - a leading indicator of capex six to nine months ahead - indicate continued expansion in business investment in the coming ...

Sunny days not expected to last

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... in Japan gets to break out every once in a while, and only for a short time. The latest update on private core machinery orders (orders excluding ships and electrical equipment) - a leading indicator of business investment - proves as much. Core orders ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Just when we thought the sun's starting to shine. Japan private core machinery orders (orders excluding ships and electrical equipment) - a leading indicator of business investment - dropped by 5.1% in the month of November. This is heaps worse than ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... are auto purchases would stall as what happened when America's 'cash for clunkers" programme was ended. Japan machinery orders Japan's Cabinet Office reports that core machinery orders -- private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... over the same period versus a 1.5% increase in the year to August and expectations for a 1.0% expansion. Japan machinery orders Cabinet Office data shows that core machinery orders - ex ships and electric power utilities - decreased by 2.2% in the month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... in the home lending market as among its reasons for lowering the official cash rate earlier this month. Japan machinery orders At last, some rare good news out of Japan. Machinery orders jumped by 8.3% in the month of June - the first expansion since ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... Similarly, the total number of dwelling commitments grew by 11.4% over the 12 months to May from 4.4% in April. Japan machinery orders It's just as well that Japan's upper house elections over the weekend produced a decisive outcome given the continued ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... (up 0.02%) in the March quarter from 0.8% in the December quarter and 1.8% in the September quarter 2015. Japan machinery orders The little bit of good news on Japan's first quarter GDP growth won't last for long given the latest data on machinery orders ...
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