Key points: • PMI posts highest reading in nine months • New orders expand for first time since January, helped by boost in international demand • Employment growth accelerates to two - and - a - half year high Data collected October 12-24 Latest survey data pointed to a further improvement in Japanese manufacturing business conditions in October. Production increased at the sharpest rate in ten months, supported by a return to new order growth. International demand also picked up, with new export orders increasing at the quickest rate since ... (full story)