TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders rose 2.7% in December from the previous month, government data showed on Monday.
That compared with a 2.5% rise expected by economists in a Reuters poll.
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, declined 0.7%, versus a forecast for a 1.4% drop.
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(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
