Business Outlook Survey(April-June 2004) |
１．Business conditions |
| business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
| Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | ||||
| All industry | 7.2 | 12.2 | 12.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 8.9 | 13.4 | 13.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 6.1 | 11.4 | 12.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | ||||
| All industry | -2.4 | 8.4 | 12.7 | |
| Manufacturing | 4.4 | 13.3 | 16.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -4.5 | 6.9 | 11.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | ||||
| All industry | -23.1 | -13.6 | -4.5 | |
| Manufacturing | -16.4 | -12.8 | -0.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -24.6 | -13.8 | -5.3 | |
2．Domestic economic conditions |
| business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
| Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | ||||
| All industry | 25.3 | 19.9 | 13.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 25.2 | 19.8 | 12.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 25.5 | 19.9 | 15.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | ||||
| All industry | 19.4 | 16.3 | 15.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 23.4 | 17.2 | 17.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 18.1 | 16.0 | 15.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | ||||
| All industry | -9.4 | -5.2 | 0.2 | |
| Manufacturing | -0.8 | -3.8 | 1.7 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -11.2 | -5.5 | -0.1 | |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
| (percent)
|
| FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Manufacturing | 3.5 | 5.8 | 1.4 |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.2 | -0.8 | 1.1 |
4.Current profits (compared with the previous year) |
| (percent)
|
| FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 9.7 | 8.0 | 11.2 |
| Manufacturing | 11.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
| Non-manufacturing | 8.7 | 5.8 | 11.1 |
5.Investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
| (percent)
|
| FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 6.4 | 11.4 | 2.0 |
| Manufacturing | 19.8 | 33.3 | 8.4 |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.3 | 1.7 | -1.1 |
6.Employment |
| business survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
| Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | ||||
| All industry | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | |
| Manufacturing | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.6 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | ||||
| All industry | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.4 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.9 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | ||||
| All industry | 4.3 | 5.2 | 7.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 8.9 | 7.2 | 6.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.3 | 4.7 | 7.9 | |
