Japan Services PMI 2013-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

The Nikkei Japan Services PMI edged up to 51.5 in August of 2018 from 51.3 in the preceding month, below expectations of 51.7 points. It was the highest reading since April, as employment jumped to a 14-month high and was the report’s highlight, with new orders climbing to a 9-month high. As a result, backlogs of work rose for the third month in a row but a slower pace. On the price front, job gains and higher material costs contributed to a further month of increasing operating costs in the service sector.. Regarding sentiment among service providers, it remained strongly positive. Services Pmi in Japan is reported by Markit Economics.

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Japan Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	21.00	24.00	53.00	-58.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	52.90	52.50	56.20	29.60		[+]
Services Pmi	51.50	51.30	55.30	46.40	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	2.20	-0.90	30.00	-37.18	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.20	-1.80	6.80	-16.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.40	-0.90	29.33	-37.18	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	99.20	99.80	137.50	69.30	Index Points	[+]
New Orders	1138.84	985.28	1624.17	693.64	JPY Billion	[+]
Machinery Orders	11.00	-8.80	25.50	-15.80	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	443.30	384.40	7649.80	-6558.50	JPY Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	694.00	702.00	1965.00	6.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	26401.12	20165.23	26401.12	43.24	JPY Billion	[+]
Coincident Index	116.30	116.90	120.60	78.00		[+]
Economy Watchers Survey	48.10	47.50	57.90	15.90		[+]
Car Production	702993.00	618109.00	961994.00	249772.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	200355.00	245068.00	585449.00	83044.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	103.50	104.60	112.70	75.00	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	14.00	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	[+]
Private Investment	12.80	3.40	12.80	-25.33	percent	[+]
Mining Production	-10.10	-5.80	18.70	-16.10	percent	[+]
Cement Production	5196.00	4832.00	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	52.00	51.80	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		[+]
Non Manufacturing Pmi	24.00	23.00	57.00	-41.00		[+]
Steel Production	8419.67	8759.78	10775.00	1177.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]

Japan Services PMI

The Japan Services PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) is based on data collected from a representative panel of over 400 private service sector companies based in Japan. The index tracks variables such as sales, employment, inventories and prices. A reading above 50 indicates that the services sector is generally expanding; below 50 indicates that it is generally declining. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Services PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Services PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	51.50	51.30	55.30	46.40	2013 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly

services pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	52.20	Aug/18	53.6	63	39	Index Points	Monthly
Brazil	46.80	Aug/18	50.4	57.1	36.9	Index Points	Monthly
China	51.50	Aug/18	52.8	54.7	50	Index Points	Monthly
Euro Area	54.70	Sep/18	54.4	58.3	39.2	Index Points	Monthly
France	54.30	Sep/18	55.4	62.9	40.2	Index Points	Monthly
Germany	56.50	Sep/18	55	60.3	41.3	Index Points	Monthly
India	51.50	Aug/18	54.2	57.5	44.6	Index Points	Monthly
Italy	52.60	Aug/18	54	57.7	42.3	Index Points	Monthly
Japan	51.50	Aug/18	51.3	55.3	46.4	Index Points	Monthly
Russia	53.30	Aug/18	52.8	58.4	41.3	Index Points	Monthly
Spain	52.70	Aug/18	52.6	60.3	36.8	Index Points	Monthly
United Kingdom	54.30	Aug/18	53.5	62.5	40.1	Index Points	Monthly
United States	52.90	Sep/18	54.8	61	49.3	Index Points	Monthly