Japan Sept. Preliminary Industrial Output: Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of preliminary industrial output from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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                   Sept.   Aug.   July    June     May    April   March   Feb.
                   2008    2008   2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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                 ------------------Month-on-Month Percent Change---------------
Production          1.2%  -3.5%    1.3%   -2.2%    2.8%   -0.2%   -3.4%    1.6%
Shipments           0.4%  -3.7%    1.9%   -3.0%    2.0%    0.9%   -3.9%    1.2%
Inventories         1.9%  -0.3%   -0.1%    1.1%    0.5%   -1.2%    0.1%    0.1%
Inventory ratio    -0.6%   7.7%   -3.6%    3.8%    0.0%   -3.9%    7.1%   -1.4%
                 -------------------Three Month Moving Average----------------
Production         -1.2%  -0.7%    0.5%   -0.8%   -1.7%   -0.9%   -0.7%    0.5%
Shipments          -1.8%  -1.4%   -0.1%   -1.0%   -2.0%   -1.0%   -0.5%    1.3%
Inventories         1.3%   0.9%    0.4%   -0.4%   -0.6%   -0.5%    0.0%    0.4%
Inventory ratio     3.6%   2.4%    0.9%    1.4%    2.8%    0.9%    0.6%   -1.4%
                 -------------------Year-on-Year Percent Change----------------
Production          0.4%  -6.9%    2.4%    0.0%    1.1%    1.9%   -0.7%    5.1%
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                   Sept.   Aug.   July    June     May    April   March   Feb.
                   2008    2008   2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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Shipments          -0.6%  -6.8%    3.1%   -0.6%    1.7%    2.8%    0.1%    5.8%
Inventories         3.1%   1.7%    2.2%    2.7%    1.5%    1.0%    2.1%    2.3%
Inventory ratio     4.8%   9.5%    1.3%    4.0%    2.3%    0.4%    4.4%   -1.1%
                 -----------------Seasonally Adjusted Index Level--------------
Production         105.8  104.5   108.3   106.9   109.3   106.3   106.5   110.2
Shipments          105.3  104.9   108.9   106.9   110.2   108.0   107.0   111.3
Inventories        107.5  105.5   105.8   105.9   104.7   104.2   105.5   105.4
Inventory ratio    108.4  109.0   101.2   105.0   101.2   101.2   105.3    98.3
                 ----------------------Unadjusted Index Level-------------------
Production         110.0   95.8   110.7   108.9   102.4   104.3   116.5   108.9
Shipments          111.2   96.3   110.5   108.7   101.7   104.1   121.9   109.4
Inventories        104.8  106.5   107.2   106.2   104.9   101.7   100.7   108.5
Inventory ratio    102.0  115.9   102.2   103.0   106.1    99.2    89.9   103.3
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NOTE: Month-on-month changes are based on seasonally adjusted data. Year-on-year changes are based on unadjusted data. Index: 2005=100

SOURCE: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

http://www.meti.go.jp

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