Business Outlook Survey
(October-December 2022)
December.12, 2022
1. Business conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Jul.-Sep. 2022 (previous) |
Oct.-Dec. 2022 (present) |
Jan.-Mar. 2023 (outlook) |
Apr.-Jun. 2023 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | |
| Manufacturing | 1.7 | -3.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -0.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -2.2 | 4.7 | -1.0 | 2.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -15.9 | -6.0 | -8.7 | -3.7 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Jul.-Sep. 2022 (previous) |
Oct.-Dec. 2022 (present) |
Jan.-Mar. 2023 (outlook) |
Apr.-Jun. 2023 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | -1.8 | 0.1 | -2.8 | 0.3 | |
| Manufacturing | -0.6 | -3.2 | -1.1 | 1.4 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -2.3 | 1.7 | -3.6 | -0.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -8.9 | -1.8 | -9.5 | -2.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -21.7 | -15.0 | -18.9 | -10.3 | |
3. Employment
Business survey index
(Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive")
| (%points) | |||||
|
End of Sep. 2022 (previous) |
End of Dec. 2022 (present) |
End of Mar. 2023 (outlook) |
End of Jun. 2023 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 18.7 | 21.3 | 17.9 | 12.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 14.4 | 15.2 | 12.8 | 9.1 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 20.7 | 24.2 | 20.3 | 14.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 32.2 | 35.3 | 29.3 | 24.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 24.8 | 28.1 | 25.0 | 20.6 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 5.9 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 8.0 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 5.0 | |||||
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 3.0 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 3.5 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 2.7 | |||||
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 13.2 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 22.0 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 8.8 | |||||
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land.
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