Business Outlook Survey
(April-June 2023)
June.13, 2023
1. Business conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Jan.-Mar. 2023 (previous) |
Apr.-Jun. 2023 (present) |
Jul.-Sep. 2023 (outlook) |
Oct.-Dec. 2023 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | -3.0 | 2.7 | 8.6 | 10.4 | |
| Manufacturing | -10.5 | -0.4 | 11.2 | 17.2 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 0.6 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -4.8 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 10.6 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -17.4 | -6.6 | -0.8 | 3.5 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Jan.-Mar. 2023 (previous) |
Apr.-Jun. 2023 (present) |
Jul.-Sep. 2023 (outlook) |
Oct.-Dec. 2023 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | -2.9 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 8.6 | |
| Manufacturing | -7.4 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 9.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | -0.8 | 18.3 | 12.7 | 8.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -8.7 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 10.8 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -18.7 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | |
3. Employment
Business survey index
(Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive")
| (%points) | |||||
|
End of Mar. 2023 (previous) |
End of Jun. 2023 (present) |
End of Sep. 2023 (outlook) |
End of Dec. 2023 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 22.7 | 22.6 | 18.9 | 16.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 16.6 | 15.9 | 14.2 | 13.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 25.6 | 25.8 | 21.1 | 18.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 37.0 | 36.9 | 32.5 | 30.1 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 28.0 | 29.6 | 27.7 | 26.3 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 2.7 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 3.5 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 2.4 | |||||
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -4.4 | |||||
| Manufacturing | -9.9 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | -2.4 | |||||
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 11.2 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 21.8 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 6.6 | |||||
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land.
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