Core private-sector machinery orders grew a seasonally adjusted 4.8 percent in October from the previous month, rebounding from the 10 percent drop in September but failing to meet the market's forecast of a 5.9 percent gain, the government said Thursday.
Core private-sector machinery orders in the reporting month accordingly stood at 1.033 trillion yen.
The October reading represents an unadjusted 8.5 percent rise from a year earlier, the Cabinet Office said.
The office left its assessment of the data -- considered a volatile economic indicator -- unchanged for the third straight month.