au Jibun Bank Japan Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)

Country: Japan, JPY
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Business
Source: S&P Global
Last release
Actual
52.2
Forecast
Previous
50.0
Next release
Actual
Coming in 1 day
Forecast
52.6
Previous
52.2
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Mar 2019
52.0
52.1
Feb 2019
52.3
52.1
Jan 2019
51.6
52.2
Dec 2018
51.0
51.8
Nov 2018
52.3
51.4
Oct 2018
52.4
51.5
Sep 2018
50.7
51.8
Aug 2018
51.5
51.7
Jul 2018
51.3
51.6
Jun 2018
51.4
51.6
May 2018
51.0
51.9
Apr 2018
52.5
51.7
Mar 2018
50.9
51.6
Feb 2018
51.7
52.0
Jan 2018
51.9
49.9
Dec 2017
51.1
52.5
Nov 2017
51.2
52.4
Oct 2017
53.4
50.8
Sep 2017
51.0
50.7
Aug 2017
51.6
51.1

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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