JAPAN’S CORE PRIVATE SECTOR MACHINERY ORDERS FALL IN JAN. BY 4.5 PERCENT

Highlights –

• Japan’s core private sector machinery orders fall in Jan. by 4.5 percent.
• Machinery orders from manufacturers dropped 4.2 percent.
• Machinery orders from nonmanufacturers fell 8.9 percent to 474.38 billion yen.
• Total orders were down 1.7 percent to 2.40 trillion yen in January.

Japan Cabinet office on Monday released data showing core ....