Japan Sept core machinery orders flat from previous month

FILE PHOTO: Cranes are pictured against the sunset at construction site in the Toyosu district in Tokyo, February 12, 2015.REUTERS/Thomas Peter

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders were flat in September from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, to rise 1.8%.

Manufacturers expect core orders will rise 3.1% in October-December, after advancing 0.7% in the previous quarter, the Cabinet Office data showed.

Compared with a year earlier, core orders, which exclude those for ships and electricity, rose 12.5% in September, versus a 17.4% increase seen by economists.

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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