Japan capacity utilization

Japan capacity utilization: 105.7 (-2.22%)
Last Update: July 31, 2023

Japan capacity utilization closed down 105.7 as of July 31, 2023 from 108.1 from the previous month and 94.5 from last year.


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Japan capacity utilization

Date Values
2023-07-31 105.7
2023-06-30 108.1
2023-05-31 104.1
2023-04-30 111.1
2023-03-31 107.9
2023-02-28 108
2023-01-31 103.9
2022-12-31 110.1
2022-11-30 95.9
2022-10-31 97.3
2022-09-30 95.2
2022-08-31 95.6
2022-07-31 94.5
2022-06-30 92.3
2022-05-31 84.2
2022-04-30 92.7
2022-03-31 92.7
2022-02-28 94.2
2022-01-31 92.8
2021-12-31 96.3


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Japan Capacity utilization Statistics

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Indicator Symbol Actual Previous M/M% Y/Y% Trend Slope ZS5Y Update
capacity utilization jp.caputilization 108.1 104.1 4 14 UP UP 86 2023-07-31

Japan Financial Markets

Market Symbol Last Mom Trend Exh RSI 1D% 1W% 1M% 1Y%
Nikkei 225 NIKKEI 33242.6 1 1 1.43025 58.4433 -0.00866 0.02386 0.05313 0.18447
Japan ETF EWJ 63.45 1 1 1.62405 65.2476 0.00491 0.0183 0.06872 0.22894
Japanese Yen US Dollar (JPY/USD) JPYUSD 147.86 1 1 1.90469 61.7424 0.00169 0.0053 0.01357 0.0217
Japan 5-Year Bond Yield JP.5Y 0.223 0 1 1.18857 58.0193 -0.04701 0 0.16754 8.69565
Japan 2-year bond yield JP2Y 0.033 0.5 1 1.57701 57.101 0 -0.02941 0.22222 -1.64706
Japan Yield Curve JP.YC 0.685 1 1 2.10379 67.9843 0.00587 0.01935 0.05873 1.23856

Japan Financial News Stream

Japan Macroeconomic Indicators

Indicator Symbol Actual Previous M/M% Y/Y% Trend Slope ZS5Y Update
balance of trade jp.balanceoftrade -937.8 -63.73 1372 -55 UP UP 62 2023-09-30
bank lending rate jp.banks.lendingrate 1.3 1.3 0 8 Down UP 69 2023-07-31
business confidence jp.bizconfidence 9 5 80 -133 UP UP 33 2023-09-30
capacity utilization jp.caputilization 108.1 104.1 4 14 UP UP 86 2023-07-31
capital flows jp.capitalflows 22301 5031 343 -414 UP UP 3 2023-07-31
car registrations jp.carregistrations 183299 221656 -17 19 Down UP 84 2023-08-31
central bank balance sheet jp.cb.assets 748538 741614 1 6 UP UP 66 2023-08-31
composite pmi jp.comppmi 51.8 52.6 -2 2 UP UP 60 2023-09-30
consumer confidence jp.consconfidence 35.2 36.2 -3 14 UP UP 80 2023-09-30
consumer price index cpi jp.cpi 105.7 105.2 0 4 UP UP 96 2023-05-31
core inflation rate jp.coreinflationrate 3.1 3.1 0 29 Down UP 73 2023-07-31
current account jp.currentaccount 2771.7 1508.8 84 1110 UP UP 98 2023-07-31
current account to gdp jp.currentaccountgdp 1.9 3.9 -51 -51 Down Down 0 2022-01-31
deposit interest rate jp.depositrate -0.1 -0.125 -20 -50 UP UP 2 2023-06-19
exports jp.exports 7994.53 8724.33 -8 -9 Down Down 12 2023-09-30
external debt jp.externaldebt 627123 602699 4 25 UP UP 50 2023-06-30
foreign direct investment jp.fdi 35985.6 16409.2 119 406 UP UP 95 2023-07-31
foreign exchange reserves jp.fxreserves 1251170 1253670 0 1 UP UP 49 2023-09-30
gdp jp.gdp 4231.14 4940.88 -14 -26 Down Down 0 2022-12-31
Real GDP jp.realgdp 558603 552142 1 6 UP UP 96 2023-09-30
gdp growth jp.gdpgrowth 1.2 0.8 50 0 UP UP 0 2046-03-31
gdp growth annual jp.gdpgrowthan 2 2 0 -120 UP UP 42 2023-06-30
gdp growth annualized jp.gdpgrowthannu 4.8 3.2 50 -79 UP Down 59 2023-09-30
gold reserves jp.goldres 845.97 845.97 0 11 UP UP 99 2021-06-30
government budget jp.govbudget -5.9 -9.3 -37 -27 UP UP 0 2021-01-31
Government budget jp.govbudgetvalue -135630 21219 -739 -56 Down UP 16 2023-06-30
government debt to gdp jp.govdebtgdp 263.9 262.5 1 27 UP UP 0 2022-01-31
housing index jp.housingindex 135.45 134.46 1 4 UP UP 62 2023-03-31
housing starts jp.housingstarts 70399 68151 3 1530310 UP UP 98 2023-08-31
imports jp.imports 8932.33 8788.06 2 -18 Down Down 8 2023-09-30
industrial production jp.indproduction -3.8 -2.32 64 -166 Down Down 35 2023-08-31
industrial production mom jp.indproductionmm 0 -1.8 -100 -100 UP Down 47 2023-08-31
inflation cpi jp.inflationcpi 3.2 3.3 -3 23 Down UP 0 2023-07-31
interbank rate jp.interbankrate 0.07 0.07 0 0 Down Down 58 2023-08-15
interest rate jp.interestrate -0.1 -0.1 0 0 Down Down 51 2023-07-28
loan growth jp.loangrowth 3.2 3.4 -6 167 UP UP 67 2023-06-30
loans to private sector jp.loanprivate 529028 528149 0 3 UP UP 67 2023-08-31
machinery orders jp.machineryorders 2.7 -7.6 -136 200 UP UP 92 2023-06-30
Japan jp.manpmi 48.5 49.6 -2 -4 Down Down 48 2023-10-31
money supply m0 jp.msm0 115608 115546 0 1 Down UP 5 2023-08-31
money supply m1 jp.msm1 1072490 1071440 0 4 UP UP 7 2023-08-31
money supply m2 jp.msm2 1238630 1238900 0 2 UP UP 12 2023-08-31
money supply m3 jp.msm3 1590840 1588220 0 2 UP UP 22 2023-08-31
non manufacturing pmi jp.nonmanpmi 27 23 17 -325 UP UP 5 2023-09-30
Producer Price Index jp.producerprices 119.6 119.3 0 5 UP UP 61 2023-06-30
PPI Index jp.producerpricesch 3.2 3.4 -6 -66 Down Down 47 2023-07-31
retail sales MoM jp.retailsales 0.1 2.2 -95 -93 Down Down 45 2023-08-31
retail sales jp.retailsalesan 7 7 0 71 UP UP 77 2023-08-31
services pmi jp.servpmi 53.3 54.3 -2 2 Down UP 56 2023-09-30
unemployment rate jp.unemploymentrate 2.7 2.7 0 8 UP UP 81 2023-08-31
youth unemployment rate jp.ytunemploymentrate 3.7 3.8 -3 -14 Down Down 25 2023-05-31
Long Term Unemployment Rate jp.ltunemploymentrate 1.3 1.7 -24 0 Down Down 0 2014-01-01
Bank of Japan Total Assets for Japan jp.cbassets 7416140 7328280 1 2 UP UP 24 2023-07-01
3-Month London Interbank Offered Rate jp.libor
Tankan Small firms manufacturing index jp.tankan.small.man -2 -4 -50 -78 UP UP 65 2022-12-31
Tankan Small firms non-manufacturing index jp.tankan.small.nonman 6 2 200 -14 UP Down 59 2022-12-31
Tankan Large firms manufacturing index jp.tankan.large.man 7 8 -12 40 UP UP 78 2022-12-31
Tankan Large firms non manufacturing index jp.tankan.large.nonman 19 14 36 -5 UP Down 61 2022-12-31
Japan Machine Tool Orders jp.machineryorders 114340 122025 -6 -18 Down Down 39 2023-08-31

Japan capacity utilization analysis

Japan’s capacity utilization rate measures the proportion of actual economic output versus the country’s potential economic output. Japan capacity utilization is displayed as a percentage, and provides an insight of the slack in an economy. Explore MacroVar financial knowledge base structured by professional fund managers and economists.

Japan capacity utilization trend

Japan capacity utilization trend is in an uptrend when the last value is higher than its twelve-month moving average and its twelve-month moving average slope is positive (last twelve-month moving average is higher than the previous month twelve-month moving average) and vice-versa. MacroVar calculates the number of months the Japan capacity utilization has recorded new highs or lows. Japan capacity utilization trend change is assumed when the specific indicator has recorded a 3-month high / low or more.

Japan capacity utilization momentum

Japan capacity utilization momentum is monitored by calculating its long-term year over year (Y/Y) return and its short-term month on month (M/M) return.