JAPAN’S PRIVATE-SECTOR MACHINERY ORDERS DROP IN SEPTEMBER BY 4.4%

Highlights –

• Japan’s private-sector machinery orders drop in September by 4.4%.
• Machinery orders totaled to $6.8 billion.
• Orders from nonmanufacturers grew by 3.2 percent to 425.29 billion yen.
• Total orders were down by 4.4% to 2.10 trillion yen.

Japan’s Cabinet Office released data showing the country’s core private-sector machinery o....