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TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output fell 1.4
percent in September from a month earlier, compared with a median
market forecast for a 1.3 percent decline.
Manufacturers' output, the core component of production, is
expected to rise 3.8 percent in October but fall 0.7 percent in
November, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
showed on Friday.
Details were as follows:
SEPT AUG JULY INDEX
(adjusted month-on-month):
Output -1.4 +3.5 -0.4 110.3
Shipments -1.9 +4.9 -1.2 114.5
Inventories +1.0 +0.2 -0.1 97.0
Inventories/shipments ratio +5.8 -0.9 -1.4 103.9
(unadjusted year-on-year):
Output +0.8 +4.4 +3.2 112.6
Shipments +2.1 +4.9 +3.1 120.0
Inventories +2.5 +2.1 +2.4 94.6
Inventories/shipments ratio +4.5 +1.0 -0.6 97.5
METI's forecasts for manufacturers' output (seasonally
adjusted month-on-month percentage change):
OCT (PREVIOUS FORECAST) NOV
+3.8 (+4.1) -0.7
To view the full tables, please go to the Web site
of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at:
here
