• Down 3.3% m/m (survey -2.3%, prior 4.6%)
  • Down 6.1% y/y (survey -4.6%, prior 1.7%)

Japan’s core machinery orders fell 3.3 percent in August from the previous month, government data showed on Thursday, a sign that slowing demand in China and the broadening pain from Europe’s debt crisis are sapping corporate appetite to spend.-rtrs