TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output fell 8.1 percent in November from a month earlier, posting the biggest fall on record and a bigger decline than a median market forecast for a 6.8 percent drop.
Following is a table of Japan's industrial production.
Previous figures may be revised. Economists' median forecast for November output is in parentheses:
NOV OCT SEPT INDEX (adjusted month-on-month): Output -8.1 (-6.8) -3.1 +1.1 94.0 Shipments -8.4 -3.0 +0.4 93.5 Inventories +0.7 +1.8 +2.0 110.3 Inventories/shipments ratio +12.4 +3.9 -0.6 126.5 (unadjusted year-on-year): Output -16.2 -7.1 +0.2 94.8
METI's forecasts for manufacturers' output (seasonally adjusted month-on-month percentage change):
DEC (PREVIOUS FORECAST) JAN
-8.0 (-2.9) -2.1
To view the full tables, click on http://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/index.html (Reporting by Hideyuki Sano; Editing by Chris Gallagher)