Business Outlook Survey
(October-December 2024)
December.11, 2024
1. Business conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Jul.-Sep. 2024 (previous) |
Oct.-Dec. 2024 (present) |
Jan.-Mar. 2025 (outlook) |
Apr.-Jun. 2025 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 2.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 4.5 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 2.5 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -7.6 | -4.7 | -6.1 | -3.8 | |
2. Domestic economic conditions
Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)
| (%points) | |||||
|
Jul.-Sep. 2024 (previous) |
Oct.-Dec. 2024 (present) |
Jan.-Mar. 2025 (outlook) |
Apr.-Jun. 2025 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 5.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Manufacturing | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 6.5 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 2.2 | 1.4 | -0.6 | 1.7 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | -13.5 | -11.7 | -14.0 | -9.1 | |
3. Employment
Business survey index
(Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive")
| (%points) | |||||
|
End of Sep. 2024 (previous) |
End of Dec. 2024 (present) |
End of Mar. 2025 (outlook) |
End of Jun. 2025 (outlook) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| All industries | 27.0 | 27.4 | 24.6 | 19.4 | |
| Manufacturing | 18.5 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 13.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 31.0 | 31.2 | 27.9 | 22.2 | |
| Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| All industries | 39.4 | 41.4 | 37.3 | 31.0 | |
| Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| All industries | 31.9 | 31.7 | 28.7 | 24.6 | |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 2.7 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 2.4 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 2.8 | |||||
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 2.0 | |||||
| Manufacturing | -4.2 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 4.5 | |||||
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year)
| (%) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 10.3 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 11.5 | |||||
| Non-manufacturing | 9.7 | |||||
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land.
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