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Orders for machinery from the private sector (excluding shipbuilding and electricity) increased significantly by 12.8% year-on-year, indicating a strong recovery in investment appetite within the corporate sector of the Japanese economy.
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- 2026-09-1110Y — Interest rates on Japanese Government Bonds (constant maturity) +1.34pt
- 2026-09-10Liabilities Equity and investment fund shares Net — International Transactions in Securities (weekly; reports from designated major investors) +5,814100 million yen
- 2026-09-08Liabilities Total Net — Direct Investment Assets and Liabilities (flows, monthly) -4,098100 million yen
- 2026-09-08Current account — Japan's Balance of Payments (summary, monthly) +4,026100 million yen
- 2026-09-08Gross domestic product (expenditure approach) — Quarterly Estimates of GDP (levels, real, seasonally adjusted) +0.727%
- 2026-09-08Gross domestic product (expenditure approach) — Quarterly Estimates of GDP (contributions, real, seasonally adjusted) +0.400%
- 2026-09-07Official reserve assets — International Reserves / Foreign Currency Liquidity (end of month) -8.81%
- 2026-09-07Total — Housing Starts (seasonally adjusted annual rate) +8.51%
GDP
GDPCabinet Office ESRIQuarterly
Quarterly Estimates of GDP (levels, real, seasonally adjusted) — Gross domestic product (expenditure approach)
599T yen 2026-Q2
+0.727%YoY
Updated 2026-09-08
GDPCabinet Office ESRIQuarterly
Quarterly Estimates of GDP (contributions, real, seasonally adjusted) — Gross domestic product (expenditure approach)
0.400 %pt 2026-Q2
+0.400%QoQ contribution
Updated 2026-09-08
GDPCabinet OfficeQuarterly
GDP gap (output gap) — GDP gap
0.700% 2026-Q2
+0.100ptYoY
Updated 2026-09-01
Prices
PricesBank of JapanMonthly
Corporate Goods Price Index (2020 Base) / Producer Price Index — [Producer Price Index] All commodities
135.8 CY2020 average=100 2026-07
+7.18%YoY
Updated 2026-08-14
Pricese-StatMonthly
Consumer Price Index 2020-Base Consumer Price Index — All items (Index, All Japan)
114.2 2026-07
+2.06%YoY
Updated 2026-08-22
Pricese-StatMonthly
Consumer Price Index 2020-Base Consumer Price Index — Ku-area of Tokyo (Index, All items)
113.2 2026-07
+1.98%YoY
Updated 2026-08-10
Pricese-StatMonthly
Consumer Price Index 2020-Base Consumer Price Index — All items, less fresh food (Index, All Japan)
113.6 2026-07
+1.79%YoY
Updated 2026-08-22
Employment
EmploymentMHLWQuarterly
Survey on Labour Economy Trend (labour shortage D.I.) — Regular employees
48.00 points 2026-Q2
+2.00ptYoY
Updated 2026-07-18
EmploymentMHLWMonthly
Ratio of job vacancies to application (Employment Referrals for General Workers) — Ratio of active job openings to applicants (seasonally adjusted)
1.18 times 2026-07
-0.040ptYoY
Updated 2026-08-31
Employmente-StatMonthly
Labour Force Survey Basic Tabulation Whole Japan Monthly — unemployment rate — Both sexes (Rate, Unemployed person, 15 years old or more)
2.40% 2026-07
±0.000ptYoY
Updated 2026-08-31
Employmente-StatMonthly
Labour Force Survey Basic Tabulation Whole Japan Monthly — Population of 15 years old and over by labour force status — Labour force (Actual number, All industries, Both sexes, All Japan)
7,019 ten thousand persons 2026-07
±0.000%YoY
Updated 2026-08-31
Employmente-StatAnnual
Population Census — Industry (major groups) — Total (Number of employed persons, Total)
57,643,225 people 2020
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Updated 2026-06-18
Wages
WagesMHLWMonthly
Monthly Labour Survey (indices of wages and hours worked) — Total cash earnings (nominal wage index)
168.0 2020=100 2026-06
+4.02%YoY
Updated 2026-08-24
WagesMHLWMonthly
Monthly Labour Survey (indices of wages and hours worked) — Real wage index (total cash earnings)
145.0 2020=100 2026-06
+2.18%YoY
Updated 2026-08-24
Business and industry
Production
ProductionMETIMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production Forecast — Manufacturing (This Month, seasonally adjusted)
120.0 2020=100 2026-08
+12.57%YoY
Updated 2026-08-31
Productione-StatMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production, 2020 base (from January 2018) — Inventory Ratio (original) — Mining and manufacturing
91.90 2026-03
-5.65%YoY
-0.678%MoM
Updated 2026-07-10
Productione-StatMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production, 2020 base (from January 2018) — Inventory (original) — Mining and manufacturing
93.80 2026-03
-5.25%YoY
-1.83%MoM
Updated 2026-07-10
ProductionMETIMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production — Mining and manufacturing (seasonally adjusted)
104.7 2020=100 2026-07
+4.18%YoY
Updated 2026-08-31
ProductionMETIMonthly
Indices of Capacity Utilization Rates — Manufacturing (seasonally adjusted)
107.2 2020=100 2026-06
+3.98%YoY
Updated 2026-09-07
Productione-StatMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production, 2020 base (from January 2018) — Production (original) — Mining and manufacturing
112.6 2026-03
+2.36%YoY
-0.391%MoM
Updated 2026-07-10
Productione-StatMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production, 2020 base (from January 2018) — Shipments (original) — Mining and manufacturing
111.6 2026-03
+2.20%YoY
-0.895%MoM
Updated 2026-07-10
ProductionMETIMonthly
Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity — Tertiary Industry (seasonally adjusted)
106.7 2019-2020 average=100 2026-06
+1.81%YoY
Updated 2026-08-17
ProductionMETIMonthly
Indices of Industrial Production Forecast (correction) — Manufacturing — correction (MoM, seasonally adjusted)
-0.700% 2026-07
-0.700%MoM
Updated 2026-07-31
Trade
TradeMinistry of FinanceMonthly
Trade Statistics of Japan (exports and imports, monthly) — Exports
11.51T yen 2026-07
+23.16%YoY
Updated 2026-09-02
Tradee-StatAnnual
Trade Statistics Data for Japan Principal Commodity by Country Export — MACHINERY,TRANSPORT EQUIP. × United States of America (Value-Year)
14.43T yen 2025
-6.85%YoY
Updated 2026-06-21
Tradee-StatAnnual
Trade Statistics Data for Japan Principal Commodity by Country Import — MACHINERY,TRANSPORT EQUIP. × United States of America (Value-Year)
4.29T yen 2025
+4.14%YoY
Updated 2026-07-29
External balance
External balanceMinistry of FinanceWeekly
International Transactions in Securities (weekly; reports from designated major investors) — Liabilities Equity and investment fund shares Net
6,900 100 million yen 2026-09-05
+5,814100 million yenYoY
Updated 2026-09-10
External balanceMinistry of FinanceMonthly
Direct Investment Assets and Liabilities (flows, monthly) — Liabilities Total Net
-47.00 100 million yen 2026-07
-4,098100 million yenYoY
Updated 2026-09-08
External balanceMinistry of FinanceMonthly
Japan's Balance of Payments (summary, monthly) — Current account
29,889 100 million yen 2026-07
+4,026100 million yenYoY
Updated 2026-09-08
External balanceMinistry of FinanceMonthly
International Reserves / Foreign Currency Liquidity (end of month) — Official reserve assets
1,207,524 US$ millions 2026-08
-8.81%YoY
Updated 2026-09-07
Finance
FinanceBank of JapanQuarterly
Flow of Funds (2008 SNA) — Assets/Total/Households/Stock
23,856,622 100 million yen 2026-Q1
+7.14%YoY
Updated 2026-07-10
FinanceBank of JapanMonthly
Money Stock (Average Amounts Outstanding) — M2/Average Amounts Outstanding/Money Stock
12,970,074 100 million yen 2026-07
+2.16%YoY
Updated 2026-08-14
FinanceMinistry of FinanceDaily
Interest rates on Japanese Government Bonds (constant maturity) — 10Y
2.92% 2026-09-10
+1.34ptYoY
Updated 2026-09-11
FinanceBank of JapanMonthly
Call Rate (Monthly) — Call Rate, Uncollateralized Overnight/Average
0.977 percent per annum 2026-08
+0.500ptYoY
Updated 2026-09-07
Foreign exchange
Consumption
Consumptione-StatMonthly
Family Income and Expenditure Survey — Income and expenditure, two-or-more-person households — Consumption expenditures (Amount, Two-or-more-person households, All Japan)
301,245 2026-07
-1.46%YoY
Updated 2026-09-07
ConsumptionStatistics BureauMonthly
Consumption Trend Index (CTI macro) — Total Consumption Trend Index (CTI macro, real, trend estimates)
106.4 2020=100 2026-06
+1.06%YoY
Updated 2026-08-15
ConsumptionMETIMonthly
Current Survey of Commerce (sales value by type of business) — Retail
13.03T yen 2026-06
+0.571%YoY
Updated 2026-08-17
Capital investment
Capital investmente-StatMonthly
Machinery Orders Historical Data(from April 2005) — Private-sector(Exc. Volatileorders*) × Seasonallyadjusted (Value)
1.06T yen 2026-06
+12.79%YoY
+9.75%MoM
Updated 2026-08-22
Capital investmente-StatMonthly
建設工事受注動態統計調査 大手５０社 — 計（金額）
1.72T yen 2026-06
+2.35%YoY
Updated 2026-09-07
Housing
Tourism
Business cycle
Business cycleBank of JapanQuarterly
TANKAN / Judgement Survey — D.I./Business Conditions/Large Enterprises/Manufacturing/Actual result
22.00 % points 2026-Q2
+9.00ptYoY
+5.00ptQoQ
Updated 2026-07-10
Business cycleBank of JapanAnnual
TANKAN / Annual Projections: Fixed Investment — Fixed Investment (including Land Purchasing Expenses)/Year-to-year Percent Change/Fiscal Year/Large Enterprises/All industries/Actual result
10.10% 2025
+2.60ptYoY
Updated 2026-07-20
Business cyclee-StatMonthly
Indexes of Business Conditions — Coincident Index (Composite Indexes)
118.5 2020=100 2026-06
+2.42%YoY
Updated 2026-08-31
Business cyclee-StatMonthly
Economy Watchers Survey — Total × DI for current conditions (direction) (D.I.)
45.70 2026-07
+0.200ptYoY
Updated 2026-08-31
Population
Populatione-StatMonthly
Population Estimates — monthly, as of the 1st (final estimates) — Total population (Population, final estimates, both sexes, total)
122,811 thousand persons 2026-03
-0.493%YoY
Updated 2026-08-22
Populatione-StatAnnual
Population Estimates — annual, as of 1 October (2020 Population Census benchmark) — Total × Both sexes (Population)
123,802 thousand persons 2024
-0.442%YoY
Updated 2026-07-21