Machinery Orders in June, 2014 and Forecast for Jul.- Sep. 2014

Results

  1. The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan increased by 17.1% in June from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis. In April-June period it rose by 14.4% compared with the previous quarter.
    Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies, increased a seasonally adjusted by 8.8% in June, and showed decrease by 10.4% in April-June period.

  2. In the July-September period the total amount of machinery orders was forecasted to decrease by 15.3% and private-sector orders, excluding volatile ones, were forecasted to rise by 2.9% from the previous quarter respectively. This forecast was basically made by summing up the figures from 280 machinery manufacturers.

Table: Percentage Change from Previous Quarter(month)

References

Chart-1 Total Value of Machinery Orders and Chart-2 Private Sector (exc. Volatile Orders)
Table-1 Machinery Orders by Sectors
Table-2 Percentage Change by Industrial Classification in Private Sector

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