Japan Industrial Production Rises in March

Japan’s preliminary industrial production index (base 1980) rose 0.7 pct to a seasonally adjusted 122.8 in March from the previous month, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said.

Production had fallen 0.2 in Feburary from a month earlier.

The preliminary, unadjusted March index fell 0.2 pct from a year earlier after remaining flat in Feburary.

The adjusted March producers’ shipment index (same base) fell 0.6 to 117.3 from February. The unadjusted index rose 0.3 pct from a year earlier.

The adjusted March index of producers’ inventories of finished goods (same base) rose 0.7 pct to 105.4 from Feburary. The unadjusted index fell 1.1 pct from a year earlier.