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

By Minh Bui

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese machinery orders, excluding shipbuilding and utilities, fell 1.7 percent in December from November, seasonally adjusted, the Cabinet Office in Tokyo said.

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                         Dec.     Nov.     Oct.     Sept.    Aug.     July
                         2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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                         ------------Month-on-Month Percent Change------------
Total orders               10.4%   -13.8%   -14.4%    -3.0%    -1.2%    -8.5%
Private                    7.6%   -17.3%    -3.6%     0.9%   -10.8%    -6.6%
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Ex-ships, utils (core)     -1.7%   -16.2%    -4.4%     5.5%   -14.5%    -3.9%
3-month % change         -16.7%   -14.1%   -15.7%   -10.4%    -2.0%     7.7%
3-month annualized       -51.8%   -45.5%   -49.6%   -35.6%    -7.7%    34.8%
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 Manufacturers             7.0%   -33.2%    -2.2%     9.7%   -13.9%   -10.4%
 Non-manufacturers*       -8.3%     0.5%    -2.3%    -1.3%   -14.9%    -2.4%
Public                   -17.3%    10.9%    -0.2%    -1.0%    -4.4%    -4.9%
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                         Dec.     Nov.     Oct.     Sept.    Aug.     July
                         2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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Foreign                   27.6%   -14.4%   -37.2%     3.1%    14.8%   -14.4%
Agency                    -5.9%   -13.4%    -9.8%    13.6%   -10.6%     2.0%
                         -------------Year-on-Year Percent Change-------------
Total orders              -24.1%   -33.1%   -27.2%    -2.8%   -10.1%    -4.6%
Private                  -21.0%   -29.4%   -15.2%    -4.3%    -9.0%    -2.4%
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 Ex-ships, utils (core)  -26.8%   -27.7%   -15.5%    -4.2%   -13.0%    -4.7%
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 Manufacturers           -35.9%   -43.7%   -18.4%    -8.6%   -12.2%    -4.9%
 Non-manufacturers*      -18.9%   -14.3%   -13.7%    -0.1%   -13.6%    -4.9%
Public                   -11.4%    -3.6%    -9.6%     1.5%    -9.1%    -2.4%
Foreign                  -29.4%   -44.0%   -44.2%    -2.5%    -9.3%    -7.2%
Agency                   -23.6%   -21.4%   -13.2%     1.4%   -27.4%    -3.7%
                         ---------------------Yen Levels----------------------
Total orders             1,928.0  1,746.1  2,025.8  2,366.6  2,439.9  2,470.6
Private                   908.5    844.0  1,021.0  1,059.4  1,049.7  1,177.1
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                         Dec.     Nov.     Oct.     Sept.    Aug.     July
                         2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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 Ex-ships, utils (core)   741.6    754.2    899.7    940.7    891.7  1,042.8
 Manufacturers            303.3    283.4    424.4    433.7    395.3    459.2
 Non-manufacturers*       445.1    485.2    482.9    494.3    500.8    588.4
Public                    198.6    240.2    216.6    216.9    219.1    229.3
Foreign                   753.9    590.7    689.7  1,099.0  1,065.7    928.5
Agency                     76.3     81.1     93.6    103.8     91.4    102.2
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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

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