Business Outlook Survey(April-June 2015)Jun. 11, 2015 |
1. Business conditions |
| Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
|
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 1.9 | -1.2 | 10.6 | 8.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 2.4 | -6.0 | 13.2 | 11.8 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.7 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 7.3 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -2.2 | -2.2 | 8.3 | 10.3 | |
| Manufacturing | -8.4 | -6.8 | 9.1 | 13.8 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -0.3 | -0.7 | 8.1 | 9.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -14.8 | -13.6 | -5.1 | 0.6 | |
| Manufacturing | -15.7 | -10.0 | -3.4 | 2.6 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -14.7 | -14.4 | -5.4 | 0.1 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
|
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 8.7 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 9.8 | |
| Manufacturing | 8.3 | 5.3 | 10.2 | 8.8 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 8.9 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 10.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 1.0 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 10.7 | |
| Manufacturing | -0.6 | 3.2 | 9.8 | 9.8 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -12.4 | -7.5 | -4.5 | -0.6 | |
| Manufacturing | -9.1 | -5.2 | -7.1 | -1.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -13.1 | -8.0 | -4.0 | -0.4 | |
3. Employment |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
|
End of Mar. |
End of Jun. |
End of Sep. |
End of Dec. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 13.5 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 8.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 6.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 17.3 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 11.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 23.7 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 17.1 | |
| Manufacturing | 13.4 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 26.8 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 19.9 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 16.8 | 17.3 | 13.7 | 14.3 | |
| Manufacturing | 16.2 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 13.0 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 16.9 | 18.0 | 14.3 | 14.5 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Non-manufacturing | -0.2 | -0.0 | -0.4 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 1.9 | -0.1 | 3.7 |
| Manufacturing | 3.4 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.2 | -0.4 | 2.6 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 5.9 | 17.5 | -2.9 |
| Manufacturing | 15.7 | 33.3 | 2.3 |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.5 | 8.8 | -5.8 |
| Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |
