Business Outlook Survey(October-December 2014)Dec. 10, 2014 |
1. Business conditions |
Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 11.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.6 | |
Manufacturing | 12.7 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 | |
Non-manufacturing | 10.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 2.2 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -1.0 | |
Manufacturing | 2.6 | 1.0 | -1.6 | -0.5 | |
Non-manufacturing | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -1.2 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -10.0 | -10.1 | -10.5 | -8.2 | |
Manufacturing | -9.5 | -9.7 | -12.1 | -6.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | -10.1 | -10.2 | -10.2 | -8.6 |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 15.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | |
Manufacturing | 16.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | 15.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 10.0 | -1.8 | -2.0 | 0.1 | |
Manufacturing | 6.9 | -0.5 | -3.5 | -1.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | 10.9 | -2.2 | -1.5 | 0.5 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -6.3 | -18.1 | -16.2 | -10.8 | |
Manufacturing | -7.5 | -16.7 | -16.8 | -7.8 | |
Non-manufacturing | -6.1 | -18.4 | -16.0 | -11.4 |
3. Employment |
Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
End of Sep. |
End of Dec. |
End of Mar. |
End of Jun. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 9.8 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 6.2 | |
Manufacturing | 2.9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 13.4 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 8.8 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 20.5 | 22.4 | 19.2 | 11.6 | |
Manufacturing | 9.1 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 3.5 | |
Non-manufacturing | 23.9 | 25.6 | 22.3 | 14.1 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | 16.7 | 18.0 | 14.7 | 10.3 | |
Manufacturing | 12.6 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 8.0 | |
Non-manufacturing | 17.6 | 18.6 | 15.7 | 10.8 |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
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All industries | 0.9 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
Manufacturing | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.8 | 2.5 | -0.7 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
|
---|---|---|---|
All industries | -1.1 | 5.2 | -7.0 |
Manufacturing | 1.7 | 6.7 | -3.0 |
Non-manufacturing | -2.3 | 4.6 | -8.6 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
|
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All industries | 4.9 | 7.2 | 3.3 |
Manufacturing | 12.0 | 5.0 | 18.1 |
Non-manufacturing | 1.3 | 8.5 | -3.2 |
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |