1. Production Trend

□ The Index of All industry production in May decreased by 1.1 percent from the previous month.

□ The Index of All industry production in May decreased by 0.8 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Manufacturing Production Index in May decreased by 3.0 percent from the previous month but increased by 0.2 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Manufacturing Shipment Index in May decreased by 1.6 percent from the previous month and 0.5 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Manufacturing Inventory Index in May increased by 0.4 percent from the previous month but decreased by 6.0 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Production Capacity Index in May decreased by 0.3 percent from the previous month but increased by 0.7 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Index of Capacity Utilization Rate in May decreased by 2.9 percent from the previous month and 1.6 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Manufacturing Average Capacity Utilization Rate in May marked 71.7 percent, which decreased by 2.1 percentage points from the previous month.

□ The Index of Services in May decreased by 0.1 percent from the previous month but increased by 1.0 percent from the same period of the previous year.

2. Consumption Trend

□ The Retail Sales Index in May showed no change from the previous month but decreased by 0.2 percent from the same period of the previous year.

3. Investment Trend

□ The Equipment Investment Index in May decreased by 4.7 percent from the previous month but increased by 7.5 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The Domestic Machinery Shipment Index in May decreased by 2.5 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ The value of Domestic Machinery Orders Received in May decreased by 4.8 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ In May, the value of Construction Completed at constant prices decreased by 3.9 percent from the previous month and 20.8 percent from the same period of the previous year.

□ In May, the value of Construction Orders Received at current prices decreased by 5.5 percent from the same period of the previous year.

4. Composite Index of Business Indicators

□ The Composite Coincident Index in May decreased by 0.3 percent from the previous month.
◦ The Cyclical Component of Composite Coincident Index, which reflects current economic situations, decreased by 0.4 points from the previous month.

□ The Composite Leading Index in May increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month.
◦ The Cyclical Component of Composite Leading Index, which predicts the turning point in business cycle, decreased by 0.1 points from the previous month.


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