Business Outlook Survey(October-December 2004) |
1.Business conditions |
business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar.
| Apr.-Jun. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||||
All industry | 9.6 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | |||
Manufacturing | 12.8 | -1.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | |||
Non-manufacturing | 7.6 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | |||
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||||
All industry | 2.8 | -0.6 | -4.4 | 3.6 | |||
Manufacturing | 10.0 | 0.7 | -10.3 | 4.1 | |||
Non-manufacturing | 0.6 | -1.1 | -2.6 | 3.5 | |||
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||||
All industry | -17.8 | -14.5 | -16.3 | -8.6 | |||
Manufacturing | -10.0 | -10.0 | -16.7 | -6.6 | |||
Non-manufacturing | -19.4 | -15.5 | -16.2 | -9.1 |
2.Domestic economic conditions |
business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar.
| Apr.-Jun. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industry | 21.8 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 4.4 | |
Manufacturing | 22.2 | 0.3 | -1.0 | 4.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 21.6 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 4.5 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industry | 18.0 | 2.4 | -4.2 | 2.0 | |
Manufacturing | 22.1 | 0.1 | -10.1 | 0.6 | |
Non-manufacturing | 16.7 | 3.2 | -2.4 | 2.4 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industry | -7.6 | -14.9 | -14.0 | -8.0 | |
Manufacturing | -1.8 | -13.6 | -16.7 | -5.0 | |
Non-manufacturing | -8.8 | -15.2 | -13.5 | -8.7 |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
(percent)
|
FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
---|---|---|
All industry | 2.9 | 1.6 |
Manufacturing | 7.1 | 4.2 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.9 | 0.4 |
4.Current profits (compared with the previous year) |
(percent)
|
FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
---|---|---|
All industry | 10.1 | 5.4 |
Manufacturing | 21.0 | 13.2 |
Non-manufacturing | 3.5 | 0.7 |
5.Investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
(percent)
|
FY 2004
| 2nd half FY 2004
| |
---|---|---|
All industry | 5.8 | 10.8 |
Manufacturing | 17.2 | 19.1 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.4 | 6.8 |
6.Employment |
business survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (percent point)
|
Jul.-Sept.
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar.
| Apr.-Jun. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industry | 4.1 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 2.1 | |
Manufacturing | 1.9 | 0.3 | -0.2 | -1.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 5.5 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.2 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industry | 8.7 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 3.3 | |
Manufacturing | 9.9 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | 8.4 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 3.4 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industry | 7.5 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 1.8 | |
Manufacturing | 7.6 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 2.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 7.5 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 1.7 |