Orders received by major machinery manufacturers in November last year, which indicate the future of corporate capital investment, increased by 3.4% from the previous month and increased for the second consecutive month.
The Cabinet Office has revised the keynote judgment of machine orders upward to "there is a movement to pick up."
According to the machinery orders statistics released by the Cabinet Office, the amount of orders received from domestic companies by major machinery manufacturers in November last year was 900.3 billion yen, excluding ships and electric power, which are subject to large fluctuations, and the order amount was the previous month. It increased by 3.4% for the second consecutive month.
Looking at the breakdown, in the
manufacturing industry, orders for engines from the shipbuilding industry increased, and
orders for semiconductor manufacturing equipment from electrical equipment manufacturers also increased, up 12.9% from the previous month.
In the non-manufacturing industry,
orders for system-related equipment from the information service industry and finance / insurance industry increased, while orders
for railroad vehicles from the transportation and postal industries decreased, and the previous month It was 0.8%, slightly below.
Based on this result, the Cabinet Office has revised upward the keynote judgment of machine orders to "there is a movement to pick up."
It is the first time in six months since May last year that the keynote judgment has been revised upward.
Regarding the outlook for the future, the Cabinet Office said, "Both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries are returning to their resilience. However, the infection of the new mutant virus" Omicron strain "is spreading rapidly, and the impact on corporate trends It is necessary to pay close attention to. "