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Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI
Overall business conditions among Japanese manufacturers deteriorated for the sixth successive month in November amid stronger reductions in both output and new orders. Firms commonly associated the declines to weak customer demand in domestic and international markets, as well as a lack of new product launches. At the same time, manufacturers signalled that output price inflation trended downwards at the midpoint of the final quarter, with the latest increase in operating expenses the slowest since July 2021. Despite sustained weakness in the headline reading, businesses remained confident that new product launches ... (full story)