Japan October Machine Orders: +0.6% m/m (vs. expected +0.7%)

• prior -2.1%

–

October Machinery Orders y/y, +17.8% y/y

• expected +15%, prior +11.4%

In addition to the release of the results, the Japanese government has raised its assessment for machinery orders, says machine orders rising moderately as a trend.

_

Preview is here, including graph of past results

–

USD/JPY is falling a little after the data this morning