Japan - Business Confidence





Japan: Business Confidence

Mnemonic CIB.IJPN
Unit Diffusion Index, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Quarterly 103.45 %
Data 2024 Q3 5.9
2024 Q2 2.9

Series Information

Source Economic and Social Research Institute - Japan
Release Business Outlook Survey
Frequency Quarterly
Start Date 6/30/2004
End Date 9/30/2024

Japan: Business

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Business Confidence 2024 Q3 5.9 2.9 Diffusion Index, NSA Quarterly
Industrial Production Jan 2024 97.6 105.5 Index 2020=100, SA Monthly
Change in Inventories 2023 Q4 324.6 977.7 Bil. JPY, SAAR Quarterly
Real Change in Inventories 2023 Q4 279.1 993.9 Bil. Ch. 2015 JPY, SAAR Quarterly

Release Information

For Japan, this survey analyzes the current/planned profit, investments, etc. and business leaders' assessments of and forecasts for the economy in order to gain basic information for keeping track of economic trends.

The last three quarters of the dataseries are:

  • Actual values (last period minus two)
  • Preliminary values (last period minus one)
  • Forecast value (last period)

Active:

  • Measurements:
    • Percent of respondents
    • Diffusion index
  • Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
  • Native frequency: Quarterly
  • Start date: Uniformly 2004Q2

Predecessor:

  • 1984Q2 to 2004Q3 (no archive specifier)

Survey area

This survey covers business enterprises that establish their headquarters or principal offices in Japan and have capital stock 10 million yen or more.

Survey method

    This survey is based on questionnaires that self-reporting by mail or online from respondent companies.

Items of the survey

Qualitative survey items 1. business conditions
2. reasons for decision in business conditions
3. general domestic economic conditions
4. sales
5. current profit
6. domestic demand
7. overseas demand
8. sales price of products and services
9. purchasing price of input materials and products
10. inventory level of products or commodities for sales
11. inventory level of input materials
12. financial position
13. attitude of financial institutions in financing
14. production and sales facilities utilization
15. number of employees
16. number of temporary employees and part-timers
17. measures for profit improvement
Quantitative survey items 1. sales and profit 18. sales
19. current profit
2. investment in plant and equipment 20. amount of newly reported investment
21. land
22. software

Survey frequency and period

Reference Terms The time of publication
April-June the end of June
July-September the end of September
October-December the end of December
January-March the end of March

Yes. Data are revised when new data become available.

  • Sep 2005 - Initial version.
  • 8 Sep 2023, Phillip Thorne - Properties.