Machinery Orders in June, 2011 and Forecast for Jul.-Sep. 2011

August 11th, 2011
Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

Explanation of Machinery Orders

Results

  1. The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan increased by 5.6% in June from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis. In April-June period it decreased by 9.6% 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 7.7% in June, and showed rise by 2.5% in April-June period.

  2. In the July-September period the total amount of machinery orders was forecasted to decrease by 0.9% and private-sector orders, excluding volatile ones, were forecasted to increase by 0.9% 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


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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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