Japan Jibun / S&P Global Services PMI for May: 55.9 (prior 56.3)Japan PMI's for May (final)
Services 55.9, a record high for this indicator
- preliminary 56.3 was higher but this has been trimmed in the final results
prior 55.4- Service sector firms hired more staff for the fourth month in a row. The rate of job creation the second fastest since September 2007.
- Input prices and prices charged for services continued to rise but at a slower pace than in April.
Composite 54.3
- preliminary 54.9
prior 52.9
The manufacturing PMI was out last week:
jpy
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
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