Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2005) |
１．Business conditions |
| business survey
index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sept. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||||
| All industry |
2.1 |
0.6 |
3.6 | 9.8 | |||
| Manufacturing |
-1.3 |
-7.6 |
1.9 | 9.2 | |||
| Non-manufacturing |
4.1 |
5.5 |
4.7 | 10.1 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||||
| All industry |
-0.6 |
-9.7 |
3.4 | 9.4 | |||
| Manufacturing |
0.7 |
-18.7 |
7.8 | 14.4 | |||
| Non-manufacturing |
-1.1 |
-6.9 |
2.1 | 7.8 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||||
| All industry |
-14.5 |
-24.3 |
-11.1 | -7.3 | |||
| Manufacturing |
-10.0 |
-24.6 |
-9.1 | -3.8 | |||
| Non-manufacturing |
-15.5 |
-24.2 |
-11.5 | -8.1 | |||
2．Domestic economic conditions |
| business survey
index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sept. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industry |
4.3 |
-0.3 | 4.4 | 8.3 | |
| Manufacturing |
0.3 |
-6.1 | 4.4 | 6.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing |
6.8 |
3.2 | 4.4 | 9.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industry |
2.4 |
-6.6 | 4.9 | 8.3 | |
| Manufacturing |
0.1 |
-12.4 | 7.8 | 10.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing |
3.2 |
-4.8 | 4.0 | 7.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industry |
-14.9 |
-21.1 | -10.6 | -6.8 | |
| Manufacturing |
-13.6 |
-18.4 | -11.1 | -4.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing |
-15.2 |
-21.7 | -10.5 | -7.4 | |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
|
(percent) |
|
FY 2004 |
1st half FY 2004 |
2nd half FY 2004 |
FY 2005 |
1st half FY 2005 |
2nd half FY 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 3.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Manufacturing | 8.1 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.7 | 1.6 | -0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
4.Current profits (compared with the previous year) |
|
(percent) |
|
FY 2004 |
1st half FY 2004 |
2nd half FY 2004 |
FY 2005 |
1st half FY 2005 |
2nd half FY 2005 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 7.7 | 15.8 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
| Manufacturing | 18.9 | 30.3 | 9.7 | 4.9 | -0.5 | 10.0 |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.0 | 6.8 | -3.6 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 7.7 |
5.Investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
|
(percent) |
|
FY 2004 |
1sthalf FY 2004 |
2nd half FY 2004 |
FY 2005 |
1st half FY 2005 |
2nd half FY 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 5.0 | -0.1 | 9.6 | -7.4 | 2.5 | -16.1 |
| Manufacturing | 17.7 | 13.8 | 21.1 | 0.2 | 15.0 | -13.1 |
| Non-manufacturing | -1.3 | -6.9 | 3.7 | -11.3 | -4.1 | -17.7 |
6.Employment |
| business survey
index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (percent point) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sept. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industry |
6.2 |
8.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | |
| Manufacturing |
0.3 |
2.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing |
9.8 |
11.8 | 5.4 | 6.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industry |
10.9 |
10.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
| Manufacturing |
7.9 |
4.0 | -0.9 | -0.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing |
11.9 |
12.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industry |
9.5 |
9.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | |
| Manufacturing |
8.7 |
6.5 | 6.3 | 4.0 | |
| Non-manufacturing |
9.6 |
9.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | |
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