Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2015)Mar. 12, 2015 |
1. Business conditions |
Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 7.8 | |
Manufacturing | 8.1 | 2.4 | -0.9 | 7.8 | |
Non-manufacturing | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 7.7 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 0.8 | -2.2 | -0.4 | 6.0 | |
Manufacturing | 1.0 | -8.4 | -1.5 | 7.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 0.8 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 5.7 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -10.1 | -14.8 | -6.1 | -4.6 | |
Manufacturing | -9.7 | -15.7 | -3.3 | -4.7 | |
Non-manufacturing | -10.2 | -14.7 | -6.7 | -4.6 |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
Jul.-Sep. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 4.3 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
Manufacturing | 5.0 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 5.7 | |
Non-manufacturing | 3.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | -1.8 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 6.1 | |
Manufacturing | -0.5 | -0.6 | 3.8 | 6.5 | |
Non-manufacturing | -2.2 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -18.1 | -12.4 | -4.4 | -2.4 | |
Manufacturing | -16.7 | -9.1 | -2.0 | -1.1 | |
Non-manufacturing | -18.4 | -13.1 | -4.9 | -2.6 |
3. Employment |
Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
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 | 11.6 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 7.1 | |
Manufacturing | 4.6 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | |
Non-manufacturing | 15.3 | 17.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 22.4 | 23.7 | 13.9 | 13.0 | |
Manufacturing | 11.6 | 13.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | 25.6 | 26.8 | 16.8 | 15.3 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | 18.0 | 16.8 | 10.4 | 10.1 | |
Manufacturing | 15.2 | 16.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | |
Non-manufacturing | 18.6 | 16.9 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
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All industries | 0.5 | 2.6 | -1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
Manufacturing | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.2 | 2.6 | -1.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
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All industries | 0.3 | 5.6 | -4.7 | 0.5 | -2.9 | 3.6 |
Manufacturing | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 3.4 | -1.8 | 8.3 |
Non-manufacturing | -1.9 | 5.6 | -9.0 | -0.7 | -3.4 | 1.8 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2014 |
1st half FY 2014 |
2nd half FY 2014 |
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
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All industries | 5.1 | 9.5 | 1.8 | -3.9 | -0.4 | -7.2 |
Manufacturing | 9.8 | 8.8 | 10.7 | -0.8 | 7.9 | -8.8 |
Non-manufacturing | 2.9 | 9.9 | -1.9 | -5.6 | -4.8 | -6.3 |
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |