Business Outlook Survey
(July-September 2024)
September.12, 2024
1. Business conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Apr.-Jun. 2024 (previous) |
Jul.-Sep. 2024 (present) |
Oct.-Dec. 2024 (outlook) |
Jan.-Mar. 2025 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 0.4 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 4.7 | |
| Manufacturing | -1.0 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 5.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 4.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | -1.6 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 5.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -10.3 | -7.6 | -1.0 | -4.4 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Apr.-Jun. 2024 (previous) |
Jul.-Sep. 2024 (present) |
Oct.-Dec. 2024 (outlook) |
Jan.-Mar. 2025 (outlook) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 3.2 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 7.0 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -13.1 | -13.5 | -8.9 | -10.1 | |
3. Employment
Business survey index
(Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive")
| (%points) | |||||
|
End of Jun. 2024 (previous) |
End of Sep. 2024 (present) |
End of Dec. 2024 (outlook) |
End of Mar. 2025 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 25.7 | 27.0 | 24.1 | 21.3 | |
| Manufacturing | 18.2 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 14.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 29.2 | 31.0 | 27.3 | 24.3 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 39.3 | 39.4 | 36.0 | 32.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 29.9 | 31.9 | 30.5 | 27.7 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 2.4 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 2.8 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 2.3 | |||||
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | -1.4 | |||||
| Manufacturing | -5.2 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 0.1 | |||||
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 12.5 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 15.9 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 10.6 | |||||
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land.
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