Japan Manufacturing PMI 2008-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI came in at 52.5 in May 2018, compared to 53.8 in April. It was the weakest expansion in manufacturing growth in nine months. Output and new orders rose at a slower pace. Also, employment also expanded at a slower clip, in line with a weaker accumulation of work backlogs due to softer demand pressures. In contrast, export orders gained steam amid the recent dollar strength against the yen. On the price front, input costs rose at the fastest pace since January 2014. Manufacturing PMI in Japan is reported by Markit Economics.

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Japan Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	24.00	26.00	53.00	-58.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	52.50	53.80	56.20	29.60		[+]
Services Pmi	52.50	50.90	55.30	46.40	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	2.40	1.62	30.00	-37.18	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	1.40	2.00	6.80	-16.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.72	2.91	29.33	-37.18	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	102.40	101.90	137.50	69.30	Index Points	[+]
New Orders	882.91	1085.58	1624.17	693.64	JPY Billion	[+]
Machinery Orders	-3.90	2.10	25.50	-15.80	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1203.30	774.50	7621.20	-6592.30	JPY Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	650.00	789.00	1965.00	6.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	20941.04	17892.83	22389.97	43.24	JPY Billion	[+]
Coincident Index	116.30	116.00	120.60	78.00		[+]
Economy Watchers Survey	49.00	48.90	57.90	15.90		[+]
Car Production	810942.00	741417.00	961994.00	249772.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	193585.00	378898.00	585449.00	83044.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	104.40	105.90	112.70	75.00	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	15.00	15.00	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	[+]
Mining Production	-9.50	-3.90	18.70	-16.10	percent	[+]
Non Manufacturing Pmi	23.00	25.00	57.00	-41.00		[+]
Cement Production	5430.00	4496.00	9368.00	4218.00	Thousands of Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.49	5.48	5.50	5.36	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	9.00	8.00	10.00	5.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	53.10	51.30	54.10	46.30		[+]
Corruption Index	73.00	72.00	80.00	58.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	20.00	20.00	25.00	14.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	34.00	34.00	34.00	13.00		[+]
Steel Production	9082.26	8295.56	10775.00	1177.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Private Investment	4.30	4.20	11.20	-25.33	percent	[+]

Japan Manufacturing PMI

The Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index measures the performance of the manufacturing sector and is derived from a survey of 400 industrial companies. The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index is based on five individual indexes with the following weights: New Orders (30 percent), Output (25 percent), Employment (20 percent), Suppliers’ Delivery Times (15 percent) and Stock of Items Purchased (10 percent), with the Delivery Times index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direction. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion of the manufacturing sector compared to the previous month; below 50 represents a contraction; while 50 indicates no change. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Manufacturing PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	52.50	53.80	56.20	29.60	2008 - 2018		Monthly	SA

manufacturing pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	58.30	Apr/18	63.1	63.1	30.86	Monthly
Brazil	52.30	Apr/18	53.4	53.5	41.6	Monthly
Canada	55.50	Apr/18	55.7	56.3	47.5	Monthly
China	51.10	Apr/18	51	52.3	47.2	Monthly
Euro Area	55.50	May/18	56.2	60.6	33.5	Monthly
France	55.10	May/18	53.8	58.8	42.7	Monthly
Germany	56.80	May/18	58.1	63.3	32	Monthly
India	51.60	Apr/18	51	55	47.9	Monthly
Indonesia	51.60	Apr/18	50.7	58.5	46.4	Monthly
Italy	53.50	Apr/18	55.1	59	48	Monthly
Japan	52.50	May/18	53.8	56.2	29.6	Monthly
Mexico	51.60	Apr/18	52.4	57.1	49.2	Monthly
Netherlands	60.70	Apr/18	61.5	63.4	48	Monthly
Russia	51.30	Apr/18	50.6	54.7	47.6	Monthly
South Korea	48.40	Apr/18	49.1	52.6	45.7	Monthly
Spain	54.40	Apr/18	54.8	56.1	41.1	Monthly
Switzerland	63.60	Apr/18	60.3	66.9	32.9	Monthly
Turkey	48.90	Apr/18	51.8	55.7	47	Monthly
United Kingdom	53.90	Apr/18	54.9	61.5	34.4	Monthly
United States	56.60	May/18	56.5	57.9	50.7	Monthly