Business Outlook Survey
(July-September 2022)
September.13, 2022
1. Business conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Apr.-Jun. 2022 (previous) |
Jul.-Sep. 2022 (present) |
Oct.-Dec. 2022 (outlook) |
Jan.-Mar. 2023 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | -0.9 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 4.7 | |
| Manufacturing | -9.9 | 1.7 | 10.0 | 3.4 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.4 | -0.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -2.1 | -2.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -14.8 | -15.9 | -5.9 | -7.7 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Apr.-Jun. 2022 (previous) |
Jul.-Sep. 2022 (present) |
Oct.-Dec. 2022 (outlook) |
Jan.-Mar. 2023 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 0.4 | -1.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | |
| Manufacturing | -5.6 | -0.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.2 | -2.3 | 2.1 | 3.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -5.2 | -8.9 | -2.0 | 0.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -18.4 | -21.7 | -15.6 | -11.2 | |
3. Employment
Business survey index
(Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive")
| (%points) | |||||
|
End of Jun. 2022 (previous) |
End of Sep. 2022 (present) |
End of Dec. 2022 (outlook) |
End of Mar. 2023 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 15.8 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 13.8 | |
| Manufacturing | 11.2 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 10.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 18.0 | 20.7 | 16.9 | 15.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 31.1 | 32.2 | 27.9 | 24.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 23.8 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 21.4 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 4.8 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 7.8 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 3.5 | |||||
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 0.9 | |||||
| Manufacturing | -1.5 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 2.0 | |||||
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 16.2 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 26.3 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 11.2 | |||||
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land.
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