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

The Nikkei Japan Manufacturing PMI rose to 53.3 in April of 2018 from a final 53.1 in March and slightly below market consensus of 53.4, a flash estimate showed. Output, new orders and employment increased at faster rates and business optimism strengthened. Meanwhile, new export orders fell for the first time since August 2016, as the stronger yen began to impact price competitiveness. On the price front, output costs were hiked to a stronger degree while input price inflation eased from the previous month. 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	53.30	53.10	56.20	29.60		[+]
Services Pmi	50.90	51.70	55.30	46.40	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.62	2.91	30.00	-37.18	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.00	-3.10	6.80	-16.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.72	2.91	29.33	-37.18	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	101.90	98.60	137.50	69.30	Index Points	[+]
New Orders	1085.58	1007.55	1624.17	693.64	JPY Billion	[+]
Machinery Orders	2.10	8.20	25.50	-15.80	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1203.30	774.50	7621.20	-6592.30	JPY Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	789.00	617.00	1965.00	6.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	20941.04	17892.83	22389.97	43.24	JPY Billion	[+]
Coincident Index	116.10	114.80	120.50	78.00		[+]
Economy Watchers Survey	48.90	48.60	57.90	15.90		[+]
Car Production	741417.00	640043.00	961994.00	249772.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	378898.00	259780.00	585449.00	83044.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	106.00	105.90	112.60	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	4496.00	4551.00	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	51.30	52.20	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	8295.56	9029.97	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 April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	53.30	53.10	56.20	29.60	2008 - 2018		Monthly	SA

manufacturing pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	63.10	Mar/18	57.5	63.1	30.86	Monthly
Brazil	53.40	Mar/18	53.2	53.5	41.6	Monthly
Canada	55.70	Mar/18	55.6	56.3	47.5	Monthly
China	51.00	Mar/18	51.6	52.3	47.2	Monthly
Euro Area	56.00	Apr/18	56.6	60.6	33.5	Monthly
France	53.40	Apr/18	53.7	58.8	42.7	Monthly
Germany	58.10	Apr/18	58.2	63.3	32	Monthly
India	51.00	Mar/18	52.1	55	47.9	Monthly
Indonesia	50.70	Mar/18	51.4	58.5	46.4	Monthly
Italy	55.10	Mar/18	56.8	59	48	Monthly
Japan	53.30	Apr/18	53.1	56.2	29.6	Monthly
Mexico	52.40	Mar/18	51.6	57.1	49.2	Monthly
Netherlands	61.50	Mar/18	63.4	63.4	48	Monthly
Russia	50.60	Mar/18	50.2	54.7	47.6	Monthly
South Korea	49.10	Mar/18	50.3	52.6	45.7	Monthly
Spain	54.80	Mar/18	56	56.1	41.1	Monthly
Switzerland	60.30	Mar/18	65.5	66.9	32.9	Monthly
Turkey	51.80	Mar/18	55.6	55.7	47	Monthly
United Kingdom	55.10	Mar/18	55	61.5	34.4	Monthly
United States	56.50	Apr/18	55.6	57.9	50.7	Monthly