Japan Nikkei manufacturing PMI rises to 4-month high in September

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI printed at a four month high of 52.6 in September (52.2 in August). Flash Manufacturing Output Index also clocked a four-month high of 53.5 (52.5 in August).

Key points

Export sales expand at faster pace

Rate of job creation softens to ten-month low

Input prices increased at a faster rate, stil the output prices ticked higher at a slower rate

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Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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