Furthermore, machinery orders, a leading indicator for business fixed investment, had already peaked out.
先行指標である機械受注も、製造業を中心に引き続き増加している。
Machinery orders, a leading indicator of capital spending, continued to increase led mainly by orders from manufacturers.
また、設備投資の先行指標である資本財受注も減少傾向にあり、IT関連財受注も増勢が鈍化している。
Orders for capital goods, a leading indicator of business fixed investment, were decreasing, and the increase in orders for IT-related goods was slowing.
Turning to business fixed investment, machinery orders, a leading indicator, decreased sharply by 16.7 percent on a quarter-on-quarter basis in the October-December quarter.
Total number of air seats on scheduled flights to Hawaii, a leading indicator of the tourism industry, increased 10.6 percent during the first quarter of 2018 and is expected to increase by 7.4 percent during the rest of 2018.
However, some members added that one shouldbear in mind the fact that machinery orders, a leading indicator of business fixed investment, had decreased for four consecutive months.
Machinery orders, a leading indicator of business fixed investment, continued to increase on average, especially for manufacturers, although they fell in the January-February period after having risen substantially in the October-December quarter.
Judging from various survey results andin light of recent machinery orders, a leading indicator, the trend of recovery in business spending, by large manufacturing companies in particular, is anticipated to become more evident.
Construction investment was on an uptrend, and construction starts(floor area), a leading indicator of construction investment, continued to increase, albeit with some fluctuations.
However, judging from leading indicators, such as machinery orders, the year-on-year decrease in business fixed investment was not expected to be very large.
They think social impact is a leading indicator of profit and a company's contribution to society will be returned in the form of profits over the medium- to long-term.
Housing investment showed negative growth in the April-June quarter in the GDP statistics. However,the number of housing starts, a leading indicator of housing investment, increased clearly by 9.3 percent in the April-June quarter from the previous quarter.
Thereafter, the June 2015 Tankan showed that firm's fixed investment plans have been relatively strong, particularly of large manufacturing firms,and machinery orders-- a leading indicator of machinery investment-- have increased as well, indicating a clear improvement in firms' investment stance.
While tensions with the U.S. have eased since the two sides announcedtalks toward a phase-one deal last month, a leading indicator for trade flows in Asia, South Korean exports, still contracted almost 10% in the first 20 days of November.
There is some inventory stockpiling on the back of the continued slowdown in exports and production;machinery orders, a leading indicator of business fixed investment, have shown signs of weakening; the coincident index in the Indexes of Business Conditions has been shifting from"improving" to"weakening"; and indicators of business sentiment are showing signs of weakening.
One member considered that it could be said that deflationary concern had been dispelled as(1)machinery orders, a leading indicator of business fixed investment, were firm,(2) the employment and income situation had been improving steadily, and(3) there was a strong possibility that production would continue to follow an upward trend.
Although machinery orders, a leading indicator of business fixed investment, declined substantially in the July-September quarter, this does not indicate a change in the underlying trend of business fixed investment, because the decline was partly a reaction to the sharp increase in the previous quarter and is largely attributable to the fall in orders for cellular phones.
A few members said that, while some people previously had pointed out that construction works had not been progressing enough relative to the budgetary measures,orders received for public construction-- a leading indicator of public investment-- had shown a significant increase recently. These members continued that this, among other developments, suggested that public investment was likely to expand as the implementation of such items as the supplementary budgets progressed.
Machinery orders and construction starts in terms of planned expenses for private nonresidential construction--both of which are leading indicators of business fixed investment-- continued on an increasing trend, albeit with monthly fluctuations.
If crude oiltraders accept that vegetable oils may be a leading indicator of crude oil prices, they might change their behavior and respond more quickly to moves in vegetable oil prices.
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