Japan April core machinery orders rise 0.6% month/month
TOKYO, June 16 (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose 0.6% in April from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday.
The reading compared with a 2.7% rise seen in a Reuters poll of economists, the Cabinet Office data showed.
Compared with a year earlier, core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, grew 6.5% in April, versus a 8.0% advance expected by economists, the data showed.
To view the full table, click on the Cabinet Office website: https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/stat/juchu/juchu-e.html (Reporting by Daniel Leussink)
