Orders received by major machine makers, which indicate the future of corporate capital investment, fell by more than 9% from the previous month in February, the second consecutive month of decline.
The Cabinet Office has revised the keynote judgment downward to "the movement to pick up is stalled."
According to the machine order statistics released by the Cabinet Office, the amount of money ordered by major machine makers from domestic companies in February was 811.4 billion yen, excluding ships and electric power, which are subject to large fluctuations.
Orders fell 9.8% from the previous month, the second consecutive month of decline.
Looking at the breakdown, in the manufacturing industry, orders for machinery for making chemical products such as resins decreased from chemical manufacturers, and in the non-manufacturing industry, orders for system-related equipment from the information service industry decreased, pushing down overall. It is a shape.
In particular, orders from the information service industry have been on an increasing trend since last fall, but this time around, this reaction has manifested a significant drop of more than 36%.
In light of these circumstances, the Cabinet Office has revised down the keynote judgment for machine orders from "recovering" to "the movement to pick up is stalled."