Japan June Core Machinery Orders: Statistical Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese machinery orders, excluding shipbuilding and utilities, fell 2.6 percent in June from May, seasonally adjusted, the Cabinet Office in Tokyo said.

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                          June      May     April    March    Feb.     Jan.
                          2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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                          ------------Month-on-Month Percent Change------------
[bn:WBTKR=JNMOCHNG:IND] Total orders []               -4.8%    10.8%     4.5%    -7.8%   -14.4%    22.5%
 Private                    5.5%     4.9%    -5.3%     4.8%   -11.1%    12.4%
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Ex-ships, utils (core)     -2.6%    10.4%     5.5%    -8.3%   -12.3%    17.3%
 3-month % change           0.6%    -5.1%    -7.3%     2.2%     5.2%     5.7%
 3-month annualized         2.5%   -18.9%   -26.1%     9.1%    22.4%    24.8%
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  Manufacturers             3.9%    12.2%     1.9%    -7.0%    -9.2%     8.0%
  Non-manufacturers*       -3.3%     8.8%     8.8%    -9.5%   -13.6%    22.8%
 Public                     4.4%   -13.9%    23.7%   -12.7%     6.3%     4.6%
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                          June      May     April    March    Feb.     Jan.
                          2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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 Foreign                  -12.1%    21.1%     4.6%   -16.1%   -13.2%    25.7%
 Agency                   -19.7%    15.2%     3.3%    -5.7%     4.0%     6.8%
                          -------------Year-on-Year Percent Change-------------
Total orders                4.9%     3.6%    -0.6%     4.2%     1.0%    18.8%
 Private                   17.9%     2.3%     2.5%    12.6%    -1.2%    12.7%
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  Ex-ships, utils (core)    9.7%     5.1%     0.5%    -6.2%     2.4%    11.4%
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  Manufacturers            13.8%    -1.0%     0.9%    -4.9%    -1.5%     3.5%
  Non-manufacturers*       12.4%    10.5%     0.3%    -7.1%     5.2%    19.1%
 Public                   -31.1%   -17.5%     5.8%    32.7%   -10.1%   -27.8%
 Foreign                    0.8%     6.8%    -4.7%   -13.7%     5.9%    39.8%
 Agency                    -9.5%    14.8%    -1.3%    -1.1%     8.4%    -1.2%
                          ---------------------Yen Levels----------------------
Total orders             2,699.3  2,835.2  2,560.0  2,448.7  2,656.4  3,104.1
 Private                 1,260.8  1,195.6  1,139.5  1,202.8  1,147.7  1,291.7
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                          June      May     April    March    Feb.     Jan.
                          2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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  Ex-ships, utils (core) 1,085.1  1,114.6  1,009.4    956.8  1,043.3  1,189.3
  Manufacturers            512.4    493.3    439.9    431.9    464.2    511.0
  Non-manufacturers*       603.1    623.4    573.0    526.7    582.3    673.5
 Public                    241.0    230.7    268.0    216.6    248.2    233.4
 Foreign                 1,084.6  1,233.4  1,018.2    973.8  1,160.6  1,336.9
 Agency                    100.1    124.8    108.3    104.8    111.2    107.0
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NOTE: Monthly data are seasonally adjusted. Yen levels in billions. Three-month percentage changes are calculated as the three-month average change from the prior three-month average. *: Excludes shipping and utilities.

SOURCE: Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

To contact the reporter on this story: Shizuka Muragishi in Tokyo at smuragishi@bloomberg.net