TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - The Cabinet Office issued the following economic indices for April, compared with the previous month:
Leading - 72.2 pts vs 81.8
Coincident - 77.8 pts vs revised 65.0
Lagging - 66.7 pts vs 33.3

The leading index came in above the 50 point boom-bust line for the fourth month in a row, and the coincident index for the second time. Private-sector economists had forecast the leading index would come in at between 61.1 and 90.0 points, with consensus of 77.8 pct.