au Jibun Bank Japan Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)

Country: Japan, JPY
Importance: Medium
Sector: Business
Source: S&P Global
Last release
Actual
52.5
Forecast
51.3
Previous
51.2
Next release
Actual
Coming in 14 days
Forecast
51.7
Previous
52.5
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
May 2014
49.3
Apr 2014
46.4
Mar 2014
52.2
Feb 2014
49.3
Dec 2013
51.2

Markit Services PMI informs of the business environment in the Japanese service sector. The indicator is calculated monthly based on the survey of the service industry company managers about the sales, amount of orders in the industry, employment and forecasts.

PMI is one of the indicators measuring the confidence of big businesses in the country's economic development. The indicator growth can have a positive effect on the yen quotes.

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