Business Outlook Survey(July-September 2004) |
1.Business conditions |
business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||||
All industry | 7.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.5 | |||
Manufacturing | 8.9 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 7.0 | |||
Non-manufacturing | 6.1 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 9.4 | |||
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||||
All industry | -2.4 | 2.8 | 9.9 | 3.7 | |||
Manufacturing | 4.4 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 4.3 | |||
Non-manufacturing | -4.5 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 3.6 | |||
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||||
All industry | -23.1 | -17.8 | -4.7 | -9.7 | |||
Manufacturing | -16.4 | -10.0 | -1.3 | -7.6 | |||
Non-manufacturing | -24.6 | -19.4 | -5.5 | -10.1 |
2.Domestic economic conditions |
business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industry | 25.3 | 21.8 | 12.9 | 7.3 | |
Manufacturing | 25.2 | 22.2 | 11.9 | 4.9 | |
Non-manufacturing | 25.5 | 21.6 | 13.6 | 8.7 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industry | 19.4 | 18.0 | 12.4 | 6.6 | |
Manufacturing | 23.4 | 22.1 | 13.5 | 3.7 | |
Non-manufacturing | 18.1 | 16.7 | 12.1 | 7.5 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industry | -9.4 | -7.6 | -3.9 | -6.3 | |
Manufacturing | -0.8 | -1.8 | -3.7 | -7.7 | |
Non-manufacturing | -11.2 | -8.8 | -3.9 | -5.9 |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
(percent)
|
FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
---|---|---|---|
All industry | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
Manufacturing | 7.1 | 10.0 | 4.5 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
4.Current profits (compared with the previous year) |
(percent)
|
FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
---|---|---|---|
All industry | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
Manufacturing | 19.2 | 17.6 | 20.6 |
Non-manufacturing | 5.5 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
5.Investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
(percent)
|
FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
---|---|---|---|
All industry | 3.8 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
Manufacturing | 16.6 | 28.5 | 6.8 |
Non-manufacturing | -1.8 | -1.8 | -1.9 |
6.Employment |
business survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industry | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | |
Manufacturing | -0.0 | 1.9 | -0.3 | -1.0 | |
Non-manufacturing | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.4 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industry | 6.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 7.0 | |
Manufacturing | 1.4 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 7.4 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 7.8 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industry | 4.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 4.4 | |
Manufacturing | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 3.6 | |
Non-manufacturing | 3.3 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4.6 |