INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Index of industrial production (INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION)

Measures the volume of production for each of the mining sector and the industrial sector in Japan, whether manufactured goods had been prepared for domestic consumption or for export, and is linked to the index closely linked cycle of economic therefore has the ability to predict rates of unemployment, income and reflects the general state of the economy.

Release date:

Longer on a monthly basis, but issued a month after the end of the month on

Type Indicator:

Production index

Source:

Ministry of Economy (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry-METI)

The degree of influence:

Average impact, and if the real value of the index at the larger-than-expected release be positive for the currency, but if the real value of the index when it is published less than expected to be negative for the currency.