au Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI in Japan

S&P Global · Monthly (flash + final) · Importance

53.3 (Oct-26) ABS · index · Monthly · CSV

Period	index
Oct 2026	53.3
Sep 2026	54.1
Aug 2026	55.1
Jul 2026	54.5
Jun 2026	54.8

Period	index
Oct 2026	-0.8

Period	index
Oct 2026	5.1

About this indicator

Source

S&P Global Market Intelligence / au Jibun Bank

Frequency

Monthly (flash + final)

Release

Flash around the 23rd of the same month; final on the first working day of the following month. 09:30 JST (00:30 UTC).

What it is

The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI (compiled by S&P Global) is a diffusion index based on a survey of purchasing managers in Japanese manufacturing. Above 50 signals expansion; below 50, contraction. Each month there is a flash (preliminary) and a final reading that revises it.

How it's calculated

A weighted composite of five sub-indices: new orders (30%), output (25%), employment (20%), suppliers' delivery times (15%) and stocks of purchases (10%). Seasonally adjusted.

Market implications

The flash reading is one of the first signals each month of Japan's export-driven factory cycle and moves markets more than the final, which usually confirms it. It is watched for the yen and the Nikkei.

Limitations

A qualitative survey: it measures the direction of change, not its size. The sample is focused on manufacturing and the flash is revised in the final reading.