Other Economic Indicators
  New orders
received for
machinery 1)		 New housing
construction
started		 Bankruptcy Average contracted
interest rate on
loans& discounts
(all banks)		 Exchange rate
2)
Change from
previous period S.A.		 Change from
previous period S.A.		 Annual percent
change
Calendar year
2006
07
08
09
10
11
 %
-
-4.3
-5.2
-27.2
7.0
7.8
 %
4.4
-17.8
3.1
-27.9
3.1
2.6
 %
1.9
6.3
11.0
-1.0
-13.9
-4.4
 % / ¥
1.62
1.77
1.95
1.87
1.66
1.55
 ¥ / $
116.31
117.76
103.37
93.54
87.78
79.81
Jun-11
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan-12
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
 7.7
-2.8
0.5
-2.3
-0.6
3.1
-2.5
0.7
2.8
-2.8
5.7
-14.8
5.6

 1.3
15.0
-2.3
-20.2
4.3
5.5
-5.0
5.0
11.6
-7.6
5.7
0.8
-7.3

 1.4
1.4
-3.5
-9.1
-14.0
3.2
-6.3
-5.3
5.1
-1.8
-6.6
7.1
-16.3
-5.0
 1.51
1.50
1.50
1.47
1.47
1.47
1.45
1.45
1.44
1.43
1.42
1.42
1.41

 80.51
79.47
77.22
76.84
76.77
77.54
77.85
76.97
78.45
82.43
81.49
79.70
79.32
79.02
Source CAO "Orders Received for Machinery" MLIT "Monthly Economic Construction Statistics" TSR "Business Failure Report" BOJ "Average Contracted Interest Rates on Loans and Discounts" BOJ "Foreign Exchange Rates"
NOTES:  1) The definition of private demand was amended from "excluded ships and electricity" to "excluded ships, electricity and mobile phone" since April, 2011. Annual percent change is placed the data after 2007 which can be calculated.
2) Tokyo Foreign Exchange Spot Rates (Inter-bank)


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