Japan Capital Spending 2008-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Capital spending in Japan rose 4.3 percent year-on-year in the December quarter of 2017, edging up from a 4.2 percent growth rate in the prior period and conformably surpassing market expectations of 3.1 percent. It marked the fifth straight quarter of increase in private investment and the fastest expansion clip in three quarters, as capital expenditure from manufacturers surged gained steam (+6.5 percent vs +1.4 percent in Q3). In contrast, those from non-manufacturers advanced at a weaker pace (3.0 percent vs 5.9 percent). Private Investment in Japan averaged -1.28 percent from 2008 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 11.20 percent in the third quarter of 2015 and a record low of -25.33 percent in the first quarter of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2017-08-31	11:50 PM	Capital Spending YoY	1.5%	4.5%	8.3%
2017-11-30	11:50 PM	Capital Spending YoY	4.2%	1.5%
2018-02-28	11:50 PM	Capital Spending YoY	4.3%	4.2%	3.1%	1.7%
2018-05-31	11:50 PM	Capital Spending YoY		4.3%		3.12%
2018-09-02	11:50 PM	Capital Spending YoY				3.53%
2018-12-02	11:50 PM	Capital Spending YoY				3.39%

Japan Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	24.00	26.00	53.00	-58.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.10	54.10	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	115.60	114.90	120.50	77.90		[+]
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	105.80	105.60	112.50	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 Capital Spending

Capital Spending in Japan refers to a year-on-year change in capital investments of private profit-making corporations with capital of 10 million yen or over. The survey includes all industries except finance and insurance. This page provides - Japan Private Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Japan Capital Spending - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	4.30	4.20	11.20	-25.33	2008 - 2017	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	-0.20	Dec/17	1.9	15.6	-8.1	%	Quarterly
Japan	4.30	Dec/17	4.2	11.2	-25.33	%	Quarterly
Mexico	4.10	Jan/18	-0.4	33.1	-41.9	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	0.30	Dec/17	0.8	64.5	-33.8	%	Quarterly