Japan Capital Spending y/y for Q2, +5.6% y/y
- expected +8.8%, prior was +7.3%
Capital Spending excluding software y/y for Q2, +6.6%
- expected +10.9%, prior was +8.1%
Company profits for Q2, +23.8% y/y.... yowza
- expected +2.2%, prior was +0.4%
Company sales for Q2, +1.1% y/y
- prior was -0.5%
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Manufacturing capex is up 11.6% y/y (vs. prior of +6.4%)