Japan Oct. Core Machinery Orders: Statistical Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese machinery orders, excluding shipbuilding and utilities, fell 4.4 percent in October from September, seasonally adjusted, the Cabinet Office in Tokyo said.

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                         Oct.     Sept.    Aug.     July     June      May
                         2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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                         ------------Month-on-Month Percent Change------------
Total orders              -14.4%    -3.0%    -1.2%    -8.5%    -4.8%    10.8%
Private                   -3.6%     0.9%   -10.8%    -6.6%     5.5%     4.9%
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Ex-ships, utils (core)     -4.4%     5.5%   -14.5%    -3.9%    -2.6%    10.4%
3-month % change         -15.7%   -10.4%    -2.0%     7.7%     0.6%    -5.1%
3-month annualized       -49.6%   -35.6%    -7.7%    34.8%     2.5%   -18.9%
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 Manufacturers            -2.2%     9.7%   -13.9%   -10.4%     3.9%    12.2%
 Non-manufacturers*       -2.3%    -1.3%   -14.9%    -2.4%    -3.3%     8.8%
Public                    -0.2%    -1.0%    -4.4%    -4.9%     4.4%   -13.9%
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                         Oct.     Sept.    Aug.     July     June      May
                         2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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Foreign                  -37.2%     3.1%    14.8%   -14.4%   -12.1%    21.1%
Agency                    -9.8%    13.6%   -10.6%     2.0%   -19.7%    15.2%
                         -------------Year-on-Year Percent Change-------------
Total orders              -27.2%    -2.8%   -10.1%    -4.6%     4.9%     3.6%
Private                  -15.2%    -4.3%    -9.0%    -2.4%    17.9%     2.3%
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 Ex-ships, utils (core)  -15.5%    -4.2%   -13.0%    -4.7%     9.7%     5.1%
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 Manufacturers           -18.4%    -8.6%   -12.2%    -4.9%    13.8%    -1.0%
 Non-manufacturers*      -13.7%    -0.1%   -13.6%    -4.9%    12.4%    10.5%
Public                    -9.6%     1.5%    -9.1%    -2.4%   -31.1%   -17.5%
Foreign                  -44.2%    -2.5%    -9.3%    -7.2%     0.8%     6.8%
Agency                   -13.2%     1.4%   -27.4%    -3.7%    -9.5%    14.8%
                         ---------------------Yen Levels----------------------
Total orders             2,025.8  2,366.6  2,439.9  2,470.6  2,699.3  2,835.2
Private                 1,021.0  1,059.4  1,049.7  1,177.1  1,260.8  1,195.6
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                         Oct.     Sept.    Aug.     July     June      May
                         2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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 Ex-ships, utils (core)   899.7    940.7    891.7  1,042.8  1,085.1  1,114.6
 Manufacturers            424.4    433.7    395.3    459.2    512.4    493.3
 Non-manufacturers*       482.9    494.3    500.8    588.4    603.1    623.4
Public                    216.6    216.9    219.1    229.3    241.0    230.7
Foreign                   689.7  1,099.0  1,065.7    928.5  1,084.6  1,233.4
Agency                     93.6    103.8     91.4    102.2    100.1    124.8
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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