Japan - Business Confidence

Japan: Business Confidence

Mnemonic	CIB.IJPN
Unit	Diffusion Index, NSA
Adjustments	Not Seasonally Adjusted
	Quarterly	642.86 %
Data	2023 Q3	5.2
	2023 Q2	0.7

Series Information

Source	Economic and Social Research Institute - Japan
Release	Business Outlook Survey
Frequency	Quarterly
Start Date	6/30/2004
End Date	9/30/2023

Japan: Business

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Business Confidence	2023 Q3	5.2	0.7	Diffusion Index, NSA	Quarterly
Industrial Production	Jan 2023	90.7	95.8	Index 2015=100, SA	Monthly
Change in Inventories	2022 Q4	560.6	3,770	Bil. JPY, SAAR	Quarterly
Real Change in Inventories	2022 Q4	201.6	2,986	Bil. Ch. 2015 JPY, SAAR	Quarterly

Release Information

Description

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)

Methodology

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

Revision

Data is revised when new data becomes available.

Notes

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