Business Outlook Survey(July-September 2015)Sep. 11, 2015 |
1. Business conditions |
| Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
|
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | -1.2 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 7.0 | |
| Manufacturing | -6.0 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 7.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.3 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 7.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -2.2 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 5.4 | |
| Manufacturing | -6.8 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 2.6 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -0.7 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 6.3 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -13.6 | -11.2 | -1.4 | -4.5 | |
| Manufacturing | -10.0 | -12.5 | 1.4 | -3.0 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -14.4 | -11.0 | -1.9 | -4.8 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
|
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 9.8 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 6.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 5.3 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 4.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 12.2 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 9.3 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 4.0 | |
| Manufacturing | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 11.2 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 4.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -7.5 | -8.8 | -3.2 | -4.5 | |
| Manufacturing | -5.2 | -11.4 | -1.2 | -3.6 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -8.0 | -8.3 | -3.6 | -4.6 | |
3. Employment |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
|
End of Jun. |
End of Sep. |
End of Dec. |
End of Mar. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 10.6 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 9.1 | |
| Manufacturing | 4.2 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 13.9 | 14.4 | 13.3 | 12.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 20.4 | 22.0 | 19.3 | 17.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 10.4 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 8.8 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 23.5 | 24.6 | 21.7 | 20.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 17.3 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 14.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 13.8 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 10.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 18.0 | 18.7 | 18.0 | 15.5 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| Manufacturing | 0.2 | 0.8 | -0.3 |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 4.1 | 6.3 | 2.0 |
| Manufacturing | 2.1 | 7.0 | -2.3 |
| Non-manufacturing | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
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 | 6.1 | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| Manufacturing | 13.6 | 24.8 | 5.2 |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.9 | 8.2 | -3.0 |
| Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |
