TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders fell 5.6% in May from the previous month, government data showed on Monday, compared with a 5.5% drop expected by economists in a Reuters poll.
Compared with a year earlier, core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as a leading indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, gained 7.4%, the Cabinet Office data found.
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(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
