Business Outlook Survey(October-December 2015)Dec. 10, 2015 |
1. Business conditions |
Business survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 9.6 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 1.3 | |
Manufacturing | 11.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Non-manufacturing | 8.9 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 2.1 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | -0.9 | |
Manufacturing | 4.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
Non-manufacturing | 5.9 | 4.2 | 2.6 | -1.8 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -11.2 | -7.7 | -7.9 | -4.6 | |
Manufacturing | -12.5 | -6.6 | -6.7 | -0.2 | |
Non-manufacturing | -11.0 | -7.9 | -8.1 | -5.4 |
2. Domestic economic conditions |
Business
survey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%points) |
Jul.-Sep. |
Oct.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Apr.-Jun. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 10.5 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 | |
Manufacturing | 9.8 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | 10.9 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 7.4 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
Manufacturing | 3.1 | -0.7 | -0.1 | 0.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 8.7 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | -8.8 | -8.3 | -10.1 | -7.5 | |
Manufacturing | -11.4 | -7.8 | -10.3 | -5.9 | |
Non-manufacturing | -8.3 | -8.4 | -10.1 | -7.9 |
3. Employment |
Business
survey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%points) |
End of Sep. |
End of Dec. |
End of Mar. |
End of Jun. |
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Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
All industries | 11.6 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 7.2 | |
Manufacturing | 6.3 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 2.3 | |
Non-manufacturing | 14.4 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 9.8 | |
Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
All industries | 22.0 | 23.2 | 19.5 | 14.4 | |
Manufacturing | 13.7 | 15.8 | 8.5 | 5.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | 24.6 | 25.6 | 22.9 | 17.2 | |
Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
All industries | 18.3 | 19.0 | 14.7 | 10.5 | |
Manufacturing | 16.3 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 8.4 | |
Non-manufacturing | 18.7 | 19.9 | 15.4 | 10.9 |
4. Sales (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
---|---|---|---|
All industries | 0.2 | 1.1 | -0.6 |
Manufacturing | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Non-manufacturing | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
---|---|---|---|
All industries | 4.8 | 13.6 | -3.4 |
Manufacturing | 2.6 | 14.6 | -8.7 |
Non-manufacturing | 5.8 | 13.2 | -1.0 |
6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year) |
(%) |
FY 2015 |
1st half FY 2015 |
2nd half FY 2015 |
|
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All industries | 7.5 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
Manufacturing | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.9 |
Non-manufacturing | 5.6 | 7.5 | 4.2 |
Note: Excludes expense purchasing land. |