Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2014)Mar. 12, 2014 |
1. Business conditions |
| Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
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Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
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| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | All industries | 8.3 | 12.7 | -9.8 | 8.3 | Manufacturing | 9.7 | 12.5 | -9.4 | 8.5 | Non-manufacturing | 7.5 | 12.8 | -10.0 | 8.2 | Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | All industries | 6.3 | 8.5 | -15.4 | 5.6 | Manufacturing | 6.4 | 7.2 | -17.0 | 7.5 | Non-manufacturing | 6.3 | 8.9 | -14.9 | 5.0 | Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | All industries | -0.1 | 0.1 | -17.9 | -3.6 | Manufacturing | -5.3 | 2.9 | -19.7 | -2.5 | Non-manufacturing | 0.9 | -0.5 | -17.5 | -3.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. Domestic economic conditions |
| Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
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Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
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| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | All industries | 24.6 | 29.2 | -21.3 | 9.3 | Manufacturing | 23.0 | 25.1 | -19.4 | 6.5 | Non-manufacturing | 25.5 | 31.4 | -22.3 | 10.9 | Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | All industries | 26.3 | 30.2 | -23.7 | 7.9 | Manufacturing | 24.0 | 26.1 | -22.5 | 7.2 | Non-manufacturing | 27.0 | 31.5 | -24.0 | 8.0 | Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | All industries | 13.6 | 20.3 | -22.9 | -3.0 | Manufacturing | 6.2 | 18.4 | -23.7 | -1.4 | Non-manufacturing | 15.1 | 20.7 | -22.7 | -3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. Employment |
| Business survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
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End of Dec. |
End of Mar. |
End of Jun. |
End of Sep. |
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| Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | All industries | 7.9 | 10.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | Manufacturing | 1.1 | 2.4 | -1.2 | -0.7 | Non-manufacturing | 11.5 | 14.1 | 6.5 | 6.3 | Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | All industries | 15.1 | 17.4 | 8.7 | 8.6 | Manufacturing | 4.1 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 2.7 | Non-manufacturing | 18.4 | 20.1 | 11.2 | 10.5 | Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | All industries | 16.5 | 19.1 | 8.5 | 7.6 | Manufacturing | 14.1 | 16.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Non-manufacturing | 17.0 | 19.6 | 9.3 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
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(%) |
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FY 2013 |
1st half FY 2013 |
2nd half FY 2013 |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
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| All industries | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Manufacturing | 4.9 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.7 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
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(%) |
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FY 2013 |
1st half FY 2013 |
2nd half FY 2013 |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
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| All industries | 23.8 | 36.6 | 12.8 | -4.8 | -10.2 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Manufacturing | 35.8 | 53.5 | 22.1 | 2.3 | -3.9 | 7.9 | Non-manufacturing | 18.5 | 29.7 | 8.4 | -7.8 | -12.7 | -3.1 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
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(%) |
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FY 2013 |
1st half FY 2013 |
2nd half FY 2013 |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 9.9 | 5.3 | 13.7 | -5.1 | 3.6 | -12.7 |
| Manufacturing | 2.8 | -8.5 | 13.5 | 2.4 | 22.3 | -13.9 |
| Non-manufacturing | 14.1 | 14.4 | 13.9 | -9.2 | -6.2 | -11.9 |
| Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |
