Composite Leading Indicator in Japan increased to 100.30 points in August from 100.29 points in July of 2026. Composite Leading Indicator in Japan averaged 100.00 points from 1959 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 106.00 points in March of 1973 and a record low of 94.54 points in January of 1975. source: OECD



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bankruptcies 830.00 1028.00 Companies Aug 2026
Tankan Large Manufacturers Index 22.00 17.00 points Jun 2026
BSI Large Manufacturing 7.60 -1.80 percent Sep 2026
Capacity Utilization MoM 107.70 107.20 points Jul 2026
Car Production 666380.00 540331.00 Units Jun 2026
Car Registrations 172839.00 242578.00 Units Aug 2026
Cement Production 3806.00 3391.00 Thousands of Tonnes Jul 2026
Changes in Inventories -2408.50 -1742.10 JPY Billion Jun 2026
Coincident Index 120.60 118.90 points Jul 2026
Composite Leading Indicator 100.30 100.29 points Aug 2026
Corporate Profits 44666.75 32627.09 JPY Billion Jun 2026
Corruption Index 71.00 71.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 18.00 20.00 Dec 2025
Eco Watchers Survey Current 46.40 45.70 points Aug 2026
Eco Watchers Survey Outlook 48.30 45.80 points Aug 2026
Industrial Production YoY 3.90 4.90 percent Jul 2026
Industrial Production MoM -0.20 1.90 percent Jul 2026
Leading Economic Index 117.70 116.20 Points Jul 2026
Machine Tool Orders YoY 197880.00 193102.00 JPY Million Aug 2026
Machinery Orders MoM -3.70 9.70 percent Jul 2026
Manufacturing Production 4.20 4.80 percent Jul 2026
Mining Production -2.60 -7.20 percent Jul 2026
New Orders 1279.73 1275.80 JPY Billion Jul 2026
Capital Spending YoY 1.60 0.00 percent Jun 2026
Reuters Tankan Index 21.00 18.00 points Sep 2026
Tankan Small Manufacturers Index 9.00 7.00 points Jun 2026
Steel Production 6700.00 6900.00 Thousand Tonnes Aug 2026
Tankan Large All Industry Capex 11.50 3.30 percent Jun 2026
Tankan Large Manufacturing Outlook 17.00 14.00 points Jun 2026
Tankan Non-Manufacturing Outlook 28.00 29.00 points Jun 2026
Tertiary Industry Index MoM 107.10 106.70 points Jul 2026


Japan Composite Leading Indicator
The composite leading indicator (CLI) is designed to provide early signals of turning points in business cycles showing fluctuation of the economic activity around its long term potential level. CLIs show short-term economic movements in qualitative rather than quantitative terms.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
100.30 100.29 106.00 94.54 1959 - 2026 points Monthly
Amplitude adjusted, Long-term average = 100