TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - The Cabinet Office issued the following economic indices for July, compared with the previous month:
Leading - 71.4 pts vs revised 36.4
Coincident - 12.5 pts vs revised 36.4
Lagging - 50.0 pts vs 28.6

Private sector economists forecast the leading index to come in at between 42.9 and 71.4 points.