India, Oct. 14 -- The value of core machinery orders in Japan was up a seasonally adjusted 5.2 percent on month in August, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday - coming in at 1,069.8 billion yen.
That beat forecasts for an increase of 2.2 percent following the 3.7 percent decline in July.
On a yearly basis, orders jumped 18.6 percent - again surpassing expectations for 15.7 percent and up from 11.2 percent in the previous month.
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