日本12月工业生产下降0.1%,消费疲软。日本12月工业生产环比小幅下降-0.1%,降幅比预期温和-0.4%,与该行业正在努力寻找方向而非急剧恶化相一致。经济、贸易和工业部坚持其评估,即产出“波动不定”,反映了各行业的不平衡势头。
Japan's industrial production fall -0.1% mom in December, consumption falters.Japan's industrial production edged down -0.1% mom in December, a milder decline than expected -0.4% mom and consistent with a sector struggling for direction rather than deteriorating sharply. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry maintained its assessment that output “fluctuates indecisively,” reflecting uneven momentum across industries.