Japan: August core machinery orders down, may turn negative in Jul-Sep quarter – Nomura

FXStreet (Delhi) – Research Team at Nomura, note that the Japanese Core machinery orders (private sector, excluding orders for ships and from electric power companies) in August 2015 fell 5.7% m-m, which is a much weaker result than the consensus forecast (Bloomberg survey median) for growth of 2.3%.

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“Jul-Aug orders were also down 11.3% versus the Apr-Jun average, raising the prospect of Jul-Sep orders turning negative q-q for the first time in five quarters.”

“While we think the pace of quarterly contraction is colored by a reactive decline to major orders from the steel industry in May, we would note that Jul-Aug average orders were still down 7.2% versus the Apr-Jun average even after steel industry orders have been stripped out.”

Research Team at Nomura, note that the Japanese Core machinery orders (private sector, excluding orders for ships and from electric power companies) in August 2015 fell 5.7% m-m, which is a much weaker result than the consensus forecast (Bloomberg survey median) for growth of 2.3%.

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