Business Outlook Survey(July-September 2014)Sep. 11, 2014 |
1. Business conditions |
Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | -14.6 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 7.3 | |
Manufacturing | -13.9 | 12.7 | 15.1 | 8.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | -15.0 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | -19.5 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 5.8 | |
Manufacturing | -16.4 | 2.6 | 13.1 | 5.7 | |
Non-manufacturing | -20.5 | 5.8 | 10.1 | 5.8 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -21.5 | -10.0 | -0.6 | -3.9 | |
Manufacturing | -20.2 | -9.5 | 1.3 | -6.7 | |
Non-manufacturing | -21.8 | -10.1 | -1.0 | -3.3 |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | -22.4 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 7.8 | |
Manufacturing | -20.0 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 6.2 | |
Non-manufacturing | -23.7 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 8.6 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | -24.2 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 8.6 | |
Manufacturing | -21.9 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 8.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | -24.9 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 8.6 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -21.5 | -6.3 | -0.2 | -2.8 | |
Manufacturing | -23.2 | -7.5 | 4.2 | -3.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | -21.1 | -6.1 | -1.1 | -2.7 |
3. Employment |
Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
End of Jun. |
End of Sep. |
End of Dec. |
End of Mar. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 7.5 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 8.0 | |
Manufacturing | 1.2 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | 10.8 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 11.5 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 19.9 | 20.5 | 18.0 | 15.5 | |
Manufacturing | 11.2 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | 22.5 | 23.9 | 21.4 | 18.3 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | 16.0 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 14.0 | |
Manufacturing | 12.6 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 11.2 | |
Non-manufacturing | 16.7 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 14.5 |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
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All industries | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
Manufacturing | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.8 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
|
---|---|---|---|
All industries | -1.9 | -4.3 | 0.3 |
Manufacturing | -0.7 | -5.3 | 3.6 |
Non-manufacturing | -2.4 | -3.8 | -1.1 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
|
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All industries | 5.7 | 13.3 | 0.0 |
Manufacturing | 13.3 | 19.8 | 7.9 |
Non-manufacturing | 2.0 | 9.9 | -3.3 |
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |