TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The manufacturing sector in Japan continued to expand in November, albeit at a slower pace, the latest survey from Nikkei showed on Monday with a preliminary manufacturing PMI score of 51.8.
That's down from the six-month high score of 52.9 in October, although it remains above the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
Individually, new orders, backlogs, stocks of purchases and stocks of finished goods all contracted in November.
Output, new export orders, employment, output prices, input prices and quantity of purchases all continued to expand.
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