Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2010)March 18 , 2010 |
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 | -1.9 | -2.4 | -1.6 | 6.8 | |||
| Manufacturing | 13.2 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 10.3 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -10.7 | -6.3 | -3.7 | 4.8 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||||
| All industries | -15.1 | -13.3 | -6.1 | 0.9 | |||
| Manufacturing | -1.6 | -7.7 | -4.2 | 4.0 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -19.4 | -15.0 | -6.7 | -0.1 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||||
| All industries | -33.1 | -31.8 | -18.3 | -10.5 | |||
| Manufacturing | -30.3 | -30.7 | -11.4 | -2.6 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -33.7 | -32.1 | -19.7 | -12.2 | |||
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 | -8.8 | -5.8 | -1.3 | 5.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 6.1 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 8.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -17.7 | -10.2 | -4.5 | 4.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -24.4 | -17.9 | -8.9 | -0.4 | |
| Manufacturing | -8.5 | -11.5 | -6.6 | 2.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -29.5 | -20.0 | -9.7 | -1.3 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -46.0 | -38.7 | -21.2 | -12.7 | |
| Manufacturing | -38.7 | -30.9 | -17.4 | -9.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -47.5 | -40.3 | -22.0 | -13.4 | |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2009 |
1st half FY 2009 |
2nd half FY 2009 |
FY 2010 |
1st half FY 2010 |
2nd half FY 2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -11.2 | -17.8 | -4.0 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 |
| Manufacturing | -13.1 | -24.3 | -0.1 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| Non-manufacturing | -10.3 | -14.7 | -5.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
4.Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2009 |
1st half FY 2009 |
2nd half FY 2009 |
FY 2010 |
1st half FY 2010 |
2nd half FY 2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -14.1 | -46.1 | 57.9 | 32.3 | 48.2 | 21.5 |
| Manufacturing | -20.6 | -81.7 | * | 76.1 | 210.3 | 32.2 |
| Non-manufacturing | -11.8 | -20.7 | -1.0 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 17.3 |
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 2009 |
1st half FY 2009 |
2nd half FY 2009 |
FY 2010 |
1st half FY 2010 |
2nd half FY 2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -25.3 | -28.1 | -22.5 | -5.5 | 2.4 | -12.8 |
| Manufacturing | -34.0 | -37.0 | -30.9 | -0.3 | 2.1 | -2.6 |
| Non-manufacturing | -19.3 | -21.6 | -17.2 | -8.1 | 2.6 | -17.5 |
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 | -6.5 | -4.2 | -4.7 | -1.9 | |
| Manufacturing | -13.1 | -9.8 | -8.4 | -5.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -2.6 | -1.0 | -2.6 | 0.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -5.2 | -2.7 | -5.5 | -2.6 | |
| Manufacturing | -16.5 | -11.4 | -13.4 | -8.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -1.6 | 0.1 | -3.0 | -0.8 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -3.1 | -2.5 | -4.3 | -2.0 | |
| Manufacturing | -12.0 | -6.8 | -6.6 | -4.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -1.2 | -1.6 | -3.8 | -1.6 | |
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