Key points:  Operating conditions improve at weakest rate since last June  Output growth slows, while new orders decline  Buying activity and employment rises at slower rates Summary: Operating conditions in the Japanese manufacturing sector were broadly stable in February, having improved at a solid rate at the start of 2016. Production growth slowed to the weakest in the current ten-month sequence of expansion, led by a drop in total new orders. Consequently, buying activity increased at a softer rate. Meanwhile, both input prices and output charges declined. The headline Nikkei Japan Manufacturing ... (full story)