Japan's machinery orders increase 4.2% in Jan.
TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core machinery 1(机械) orders rose 4.2 percent in January from the previous month, marking the second rise in five months, the Cabinet Office said in a report on Wednesday.
According to the government data, orders in the recording 2 period totaled 766.1 billion yen 3 (9.28 billion U.S. dollars), beating median economists 4' expectations.
Average forecasts were for a 2.5 percent increase on the back of December's 1.7 percent rise, economists said.
Ongoing 5 robust 6 demand from China and the U.S. continues to boost corporate 7 earnings 8 and companies are feeling more inclined to invest more in plants, machinery and equipment, the data showed.
And whilst the government maintained its assessment 9 in January of machinery orders, saying they are in a recovery trend, they highlighted the fact that weak movements are being seen in the non- manufacturing sector 10.
On a non-adjusted basis the Cabinet Office said that core machinery orders, which exclude volatile 11 orders from utilities and shipbuilders（造船专家）, increased 5.9 percent in January from a year earlier, with manufactures surveyed predicting core orders will rise 2.7 percent in the January-March period, from the previous quarter.
Machinery orders are a key advance indicator 12 for corporate capital spending and the government uses the data to predict the strength of business spending in a six to nine month period head.
Such business investment accounts for roughly 15 percent of Japan's gross domestic product.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
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- He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
- He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
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- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
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- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。