Japan March all-industries index falls month/month

TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's all-industries index, which
covers a broad range of economic activity including the tertiary
activity index, fell 1.4 percent in March from the previous
month, government data showed on Wednesday.

A new index for final demand components of all industries
decreased 1.1 percent from the previous month.

Details were as follows (previous figures may be revised):

MARCH FEB MARCH INDEX
(mth/mth pct changes, seasonally adjusted)
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All-industries index -1.4 +0.8 106.1
Construction -2.0 +1.9 79.6
Industrial production -0.3 +0.7 107.6
Tertiary sector -2.2 +1.0 108.3
Public activity -0.4 +0.5 107.8
Final demand components -1.1 +0.1 105.1
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of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry here