Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2016)Mar. 11, 2016 |
1. Business conditions |
| Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 4.6 | -3.2 | -2.2 | 5.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 3.8 | -7.9 | -3.5 | 7.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 5.0 | -0.7 | -1.5 | 4.8 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 3.5 | -2.8 | -3.5 | 5.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 1.1 | -8.6 | -3.8 | 7.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 4.2 | -1.0 | -3.3 | 5.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -7.7 | -16.6 | -6.8 | -2.7 | |
| Manufacturing | -6.6 | -19.3 | -6.1 | -4.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -7.9 | -16.1 | -6.9 | -2.4 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
|
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 5.6 | -9.8 | -1.2 | 4.1 | |
| Manufacturing | 4.6 | -12.0 | -2.0 | 5.4 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 6.1 | -8.6 | -0.8 | 3.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 3.9 | -12.1 | -4.6 | 1.4 | |
| Manufacturing | -0.7 | -14.9 | -6.1 | 3.7 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 5.4 | -11.2 | -4.2 | 0.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -8.3 | -21.7 | -11.1 | -6.7 | |
| Manufacturing | -7.8 | -28.4 | -11.5 | -8.7 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -8.4 | -20.4 | -11.0 | -6.3 | |
3. Employment |
| Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
|
End of Dec. |
End of Mar. |
End of Jun. |
End of Sep. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 13.3 | 14.3 | 8.2 | 7.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 6.4 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 17.0 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 9.8 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 23.2 | 25.0 | 15.6 | 14.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 15.8 | 16.2 | 6.4 | 6.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 25.6 | 27.8 | 18.6 | 17.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 19.0 | 19.7 | 12.4 | 11.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 14.4 | 17.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 19.9 | 20.2 | 13.1 | 12.6 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
1st half FY 2016 |
2nd half FY 2016 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -0.4 | 1.1 | -1.8 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 0.7 |
| Manufacturing | -0.3 | 1.2 | -1.8 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 1.1 |
| Non-manufacturing | -0.4 | 1.0 | -1.8 | -0.0 | -0.6 | 0.5 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
1st half FY 2016 |
2nd half FY 2016 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 4.8 | 14.6 | -4.3 | -2.4 | -10.1 | 5.9 |
| Manufacturing | 0.7 | 16.5 | -13.6 | 0.4 | -10.9 | 13.5 |
| Non-manufacturing | 6.8 | 13.8 | 0.2 | -3.3 | -9.8 | 3.3 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
|
(%) |
|
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
1st half FY 2016 |
2nd half FY 2016 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 8.8 | 11.3 | 6.8 | -6.6 | 3.5 | -15.0 |
| Manufacturing | 11.1 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 15.0 | -9.7 |
| Non-manufacturing | 7.6 | 10.2 | 5.5 | -11.3 | -3.1 | -17.9 |
| Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |
