Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2009)March 23 , 2009 |
１．Business conditions |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||||
| All industries | -35.7 | -51.3 | -24.8 | -7.0 | |||
| Manufacturing | -44.5 | -66.0 | -27.0 | -4.7 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -30.5 | -42.6 | -23.5 | -8.3 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||||
| All industries | -33.3 | -51.3 | -32.6 | -13.6 | |||
| Manufacturing | -43.7 | -69.1 | -32.7 | -9.2 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -30.0 | -45.8 | -32.6 | -15.0 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||||
| All industries | -40.7 | -52.9 | -34.7 | -22.3 | |||
| Manufacturing | -51.3 | -72.4 | -38.8 | -22.2 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -38.5 | -48.8 | -33.8 | -22.3 | |||
2．Domestic economic conditions |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | -63.8 | -74.6 | -41.2 | -17.5 | |
| Manufacturing | -67.8 | -78.8 | -35.4 | -9.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -61.4 | -72.2 | -44.6 | -22.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -65.0 | -76.4 | -52.5 | -28.2 | |
| Manufacturing | -66.9 | -81.7 | -46.0 | -17.6 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -64.4 | -74.7 | -54.5 | -31.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -66.8 | -74.7 | -53.4 | -35.8 | |
| Manufacturing | -68.9 | -82.4 | -51.9 | -27.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -66.4 | -73.1 | -53.7 | -37.4 | |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
| FY 2008 | 1st half FY 2008 | 2nd half FY 2008 | FY 2009 | 1st half FY 2009 |
2nd half FY 2009 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -4.9 | 2.6 | -11.9 | -7.3 | -13.2 | -1.0 |
| Manufacturing | -7.7 | 3.2 | -18.0 | -11.0 | -19.7 | -0.9 |
| Non-manufacturing | -3.6 | 2.3 | -9.1 | -5.9 | -10.6 | -1.0 |
4.Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
| FY 2008 | 1st half FY 2008 | 2nd half FY 2008 | FY 2009 | 1st half FY 2009 |
2nd half FY 2009 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -41.2 | -15.3 | -67.7 | -10.7 | -45.6 | 56.6 |
| Manufacturing | -63.2 | -16.2 | -114.7 | -27.2 | -85.8 | * |
| Non-manufacturing | -24.2 | -14.6 | -33.5 | -6.2 | -22.6 | 12.4 |
Note *：Can not be compared because of the negative figure in the previous year.
5.Investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
| FY 2008 | 1st half FY 2008 | 2nd half FY 2008 | FY 2009 | 1st half FY 2009 |
2nd half FY 2009 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -10.3 | -5.9 | -14.1 | -29.4 | -27.7 | -31.0 |
| Manufacturing | -7.3 | -0.1 | -13.5 | -37.9 | -37.1 | -38.8 |
| Non-manufacturing | -12.7 | -10.5 | -14.6 | -22.8 | -19.9 | -25.6 |
6.Employment |
|
Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 2.5 | -11.2 | -9.6 | -3.2 | |
| Manufacturing | -9.6 | -31.9 | -22.5 | -10.6 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 9.6 | 1.2 | -1.9 | 1.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 4.8 | -10.3 | -7.5 | -2.9 | |
| Manufacturing | -12.0 | -37.4 | -24.6 | -12.7 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 10.0 | -1.9 | -2.2 | 0.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 2.4 | -7.3 | -6.9 | -3.5 | |
| Manufacturing | -4.4 | -28.3 | -22.0 | -12.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.8 | -3.0 | -3.8 | -1.8 | |
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