Japan's factory output probably fell in May for a second successive month due to supply chain disruptions caused by strict COVID-19 lockdowns in China, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
Japanese industrial production in the month was likely 0.3% lower than in April, according to the median estimate of 18 economists in the poll.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"Bottlenecks from the semiconductor crunch and the components shortage due to China's Shanghai lockdown likely kept production weak," said Shumpei Fujita, economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting.
Less optimistically, Japan's production outlook "remains seesawing, with greater concerns now about such things as unexpectedly prolonged disruption to supply and rising raw material prices," Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute, said. The poll also found Tokyo's core consumer price index - a leading indicator of Japanese price trends - was likely 2.1% higher in June than a year earlier, accelerating from a 1.9% annual rise seen in May.
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