Nikkei’s flash January manufacturing PMI for Japan falls to 50.0

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SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Nikkei’s January flash manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for Japan declined to 50.0, the minimum number indicating expansion, from 52.6 in the previous month, the Japanese media group said on Thursday. The January number indicated that Japan is "ending its longest expansionary run for over a decade", Nikkei said in a statement.