Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2005) |
１．Business conditions |
| business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar.
| Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||||
| All industry | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 9.8 | |||
| Manufacturing | -1.3 | -7.6 | 1.9 | 9.2 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 10.1 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||||
| All industry | -0.6 | -9.7 | 3.4 | 9.4 | |||
| Manufacturing | 0.7 | -18.7 | 7.8 | 14.4 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -1.1 | -6.9 | 2.1 | 7.8 | |||
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||||
| All industry | -14.5 | -24.3 | -11.1 | -7.3 | |||
| Manufacturing | -10.0 | -24.6 | -9.1 | -3.8 | |||
| Non-manufacturing | -15.5 | -24.2 | -11.5 | -8.1 | |||
2．Domestic economic conditions |
| business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (percent point)
|
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar.
| Apr.-Jun. br> 2005
| Jul.-Sept. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industry | 4.3 | -0.3 | 4.4 | 8.3 | |
| Manufacturing | 0.3 | -6.1 | 4.4 | 6.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 6.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 9.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industry | 2.4 | -6.6 | 4.9 | 8.3 | |
| Manufacturing | 0.1 | -12.4 | 7.8 | 10.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.2 | -4.8 | 4.0 | 7.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industry | -14.9 | -21.1 | -10.6 | -6.8 | |
| Manufacturing | -13.6 | -18.4 | -11.1 | -4.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -15.2 | -21.7 | -10.5 | -7.4 | |
3.Sales(compared with the previous year) |
| (percent)
|
| FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004 | 2nd half FY 2004
| FY 2005 | 1st half FY 2005 | 2nd half FY 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 3.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Manufacturing | 8.1 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.7 | 1.6 | -0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
4.Current profits (compared with the previous year) |
| (percent)
|
| FY 2004
| 1st half FY 2004 | 2nd half FY 2004
| FY 2005 | 1st half FY 2005 | 2nd half FY 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 7.7 | 15.8 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
| Manufacturing | 18.9 | 30.3 | 9.7 | 4.9 | -0.5 | 10.0 |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.0 | 6.8 | -3.6 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 7.7 |
5.Investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
| (percent)
|
| FY 2004
| 1sthalf FY 2004 | 2nd half FY 2004
| FY 2005 | 1st half FY 2005 | 2nd half FY 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industry | 5.0 | -0.1 | 9.6 | -7.4 | 2.5 | -16.1 |
| Manufacturing | 17.7 | 13.8 | 21.1 | 0.2 | 15.0 | -13.1 |
| Non-manufacturing | -1.3 | -6.9 | 3.7 | -11.3 | -4.1 | -17.7 |
6.Employment |
| business survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (percent point)
|
| Oct.-Dec.
| Jan.-Mar.
| Apr.-Jun.
| Jul.-Sept. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industry | 6.2 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | |
| Manufacturing | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 9.8 | 11.8 | 5.4 | 6.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industry | 10.9 | 10.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
| Manufacturing | 7.9 | 4.0 | -0.9 | -0.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 11.9 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industry | 9.5 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | |
| Manufacturing | 8.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.0 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 9.6 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | |
