Japan Leading Economic Index

The index for leading economic indicators in Japan, a gauge of the economy a few months ahead that’s compiled using data such as job offers and consumer sentiment, was at 91.9 in September of 2019, compared to a preliminary reading of 92.2 and a final 91.9 in the previous month. This remained the weakest reading since November 2009, amid ongoing US-China trade dispute and weak consumer confidence. Leading Economic Index in Japan averaged 93.15 Index Points from 1985 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 108 Index Points in April of 2006 and a record low of 72.50 Index Points in February of 2009. source: Cabinet Office, Japan

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-10-07	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Prel Aug	91.7	93.7		94
2019-10-24	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Final Aug	91.9	93.7	91.7	91.7
2019-11-08	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Prel Sep	92.2	91.9		92.3
2019-11-25	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Final Sep	91.9	91.9	92.2	92.2
2019-12-06	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Prel Oct		91.9	92	89.5
2019-12-23	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Final Oct		91.9
2020-01-10	05:00 AM	Leading Economic Index Prel Nov

Japan Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	5.00	7.00	53.00	-58.00	Index Points	[+]
Services Pmi	50.30	49.70	55.30	46.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	48.90	48.40	56.20	29.60		[+]
Industrial Production	-7.40	1.30	30.00	-37.20	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-4.20	1.70	6.80	-16.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.30	-4.70	29.30	-37.20	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	100.30	99.30	136.10	68.60	Index Points	[+]
New Orders	965.87	1170.77	1624.17	693.64	JPY Billion	[+]
Machinery Orders	-2.90	-2.40	25.50	-17.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	2007.90	2299.30	7613.70	-6589.80	JPY Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	780.00	702.00	1965.00	6.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	23232.47	22244.02	26401.12	43.24	JPY Billion	[+]
Coincident Index	101.10	99.00	106.90	69.30		[+]
Economy Watchers Survey	36.70	46.70	57.50	18.90		[+]
Car Production	714844.00	585883.00	961994.00	249772.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	164672.00	300280.00	585449.00	83044.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	91.90	91.90	108.00	72.50	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	-4.00	-1.00	46.00	-60.00		[+]
Internet Speed	20171.96	19574.52	20171.96	6541.92	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	43689566.00	43995715.00	44977757.00	23570249.00	IP	[+]
Private Investment	7.10	1.90	12.80	-25.33	percent	[+]
Non Manufacturing Pmi	21.00	23.00	57.00	-41.00		[+]
Reuters Tankan Index	-6.00	-9.00	39.00	-78.00	Index Points	[+]
Machine Tool Orders	87453.00	98973.00	182860.00	19037.00	JPY Million	[+]
Mining Production	-6.60	-8.90	16.20	-16.10	percent	[+]
Tertiary Industry Index	109.10	107.20	109.10	73.20	Index Points	[+]
Steel Production	8157.07	8045.22	10775.00	1177.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Cement Production	5076.00	4740.00	9368.00	4218.00	Thousands of Tonnes	[+]
All Industry Activity Index	107.80	106.20	108.70	94.20	Index Points	[+]
Competitiveness Index	82.27	82.47	82.47	5.36	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	6.00	5.00	10.00	5.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	49.80	49.10	54.10	46.30		[+]
Corruption Index	73.00	73.00	80.00	58.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	18.00	20.00	25.00	14.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	29.00	39.00	39.00	13.00		[+]

In Japan, the Leading Composite Index consists of 12 indexes such as account inventory ratios, machinery orders, stock prices and other leading economic indicators. The index anticipates changes in the direction of the Japanese economy in the coming months. In general, increase in the index reflects that the economy is in an expansion phase, and decreasing coincident index reflects that the economy is in a contraction phase. The index is used to make official judgements on when the business cycle begins and ends. . This page provides - Japan Leading Composite Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Japan Leading Economic Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	91.90	91.90	108.00	72.50	1985 - 2019	Index Points	Monthly	2015=100, NSA

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	-0.70	Oct/19	1	4.4 : -4.6	%
Australia	-0.07	Oct/19	-0.12	0.54 : -1.11	%
Brazil	0.44	Sep/19	0.22	3.25 : -3.39	%
Canada	0.10	Sep/19	0.1	1.2 : -1.4	%
Japan	91.90	Sep/19	91.9	108 : 72.5	Index Points
Mexico	0.10	Sep/19	-1	12.6 : -11	%
Russia	2.20	Oct/19	1.9	9.9 : -11.8	%
Singapore	108.70	Sep/19	108	110 : 23.7	Index Points
South Africa	-0.60	Sep/19	-0.1	4.7 : -3.7	%
South Korea	116.00	Oct/19	115	116 : 4.4	Index Points
Turkey	4.97	Oct/19	3.61	12.75 : -7.01	%
United Kingdom	0.30	Sep/19	0.2	1.9 : -2.1	%
United States	129.35	Oct/19	129	129 : 45.48	Index Points