Demand for Japanese machinery from overseas buyers suffered its biggest decline in more than 10 years in December . While machinery orders fell 0.1 % month - on - month ( MoM ) in December , overseas orders experienced the biggest decline since November 2007 , down 21.9 % MoM. Meanwhile , analysts expect overseas orders to fall a further 17.1 % in Q1 countries , while core orders will fall 1.8 % , according to a trade union survey .
Demand for Japanese machinery from overseas buyers suffered its biggest decline in more than 10 years in December. While machinery orders fell 0.1% month-on-month (MoM) in December, overseas orders experienced the biggest decline since November 2007, down 21.9% MoM. Meanwhile, manufacturers expect overseas orders to fall a further 17.1% in Q1 2019, while core orders will fall 1.8%, according to a Cabinet Office survey.