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Indicator Digest

Manufacturing PMI

Main Indicator: Manufacturing PMI

Most Recent Release

February
25th, 2010
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
52.5 52.5 N/A

For February
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
Provided by: Markit
Official Release: PDF

From the Release: "At 52.5, the seasonally adjusted Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers’ Index remained unchanged from one month previously, pointing to a moderate improvement of operating conditions in the Japanese manufacturing sector. Behind the latest PMI reading, February’s survey pointed to slower growth of output and new business, with the latter easing to only a marginal rate. Job shedding was again fractional, while stocks of pre-production goods increased for the first time in a year. Meanwhile, average vendor performance deteriorated at a marked rate."

Table of Past Data

5/286/297/308/309/2910/2911/2912/291/282/25
Actual46.648.250.453.654.554.352.353.852.552.5
Forecast
Previous41.446.648.250.453.654.554.352.353.852.5
Revised FromN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Past Releases

January
28th, 2010
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
52.5 53.8 N/A
For January
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
Provided by: Markit
December
29th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
53.8 52.3 N/A
November
29th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
52.3 54.3 N/A
For November
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
October
29th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
54.3 54.5 N/A
For October
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
September
29th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
54.5 53.6 N/A
For September
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
August
30th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
53.6 50.4 N/A
July
30th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
50.4 48.2 N/A
For July
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
June
29th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
48.2 46.6 N/A
For June
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index
May
28th, 2009
Actual Forecast Previous Revised Form
46.6 41.4 N/A

For May
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index

Though Japan's Manufacturing Purchasing Index fell for the 15th straight
month in May, contraction in the manufacturing sector, represented by
seasonally adjusted index values below the 50 threshold, has slowed
markedly. The move from 41.4 in April to 46.6 in May may suggest
a reversal in the long term downward trend.