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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
... 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 and those from electric power companies -- increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... 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 of August. While better than the expected 5.5% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... outcome given the continued deterioration in the country's economic fundamentals. The latest instalment shows core machinery orders - a leading indicator of business investment -- fell by 1.4% in the month of May, an improvement from April's 11.1% drop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... close at 3,022.75. Japan's Nikkei fell after figures showed a steeper-than-expected 2.3 per cent fall in core machinery orders in February from January, raising concerns about the severity in coming months of the impact of the earthquake and tsunami. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... machinery orders offset a drop for Toyota Motor Corp after an incident involving a Prius in the US. Japan's core machinery orders fell 3.7 per cent in January from the previous month, smaller than a median market forecast for a 4.1 per cent fall, according ...
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