Japan Gregorian calendar month industrial output falls one.4 % month-on-month

Japan's industrial output fell one.4 % in Gregorian calendar month from the previous month, government information showed on Friday, down for a second straight month in a very sign that weakness in domestic and external demand is advisement on manufactory activity.

The reading compared with a median market forecast for a zero.3 % decline in a very Reuters poll of economists, information by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and business showed.

Manufacturers surveyed by the ministry expect output to rise seven.6 % in Jan and decline four.1 % in Gregorian calendar month, the info showed.