Japan February machinery orders rise 4.3% month-on-month

TOKYO, April 16 (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose 4.3% in February from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday. That compared with a 0.

8% gain estimated by economists in a Reuters poll. Sign up here. On a year-on-year basis, core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as a leading indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, grew 1.



5%, versus a forecast for a 1.4% fall, the data showed. For the full table, go to the website of the Cabinet Office: https://www.

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jp/en/stat/juchu/juchu-e.html , opens new tab Reporting by Kaori KanekoEditing by Chang-Ran Kim Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab.