Business and Investment Survey of Incorporated Enterprises:December 2001

Summary

This survey was conducted on December 25, using a sample of 4,501 companies capitalized at 100 million yen or more, of which 90.2% percent responded.

(Table 1) BSI on domestic economic conditions on an all-Industry basis
(Seasonally adjusted ;%)
					BSI
		(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)
1984	Apr.-Jun.	38	59	3	35
	Jul.-Sep.	37	58	5	32
	Oct.-Dec.	35	63	2	33
1985	Jan.-Mar.	28	72	0	28
	Apr.-Jun.	21	74	5	16
	Jul.-Sep.	12	77	11	1
	Oct.-Dec.	5	71	24	-19
1986	Jan.-Mar.	5	58	37	-32
	Apr.-Jun.	4	53	43	-39
	Jul.-Sep.	3	48	49	-46
	Oct.-Dec.	2	54	44	-42
1987	Jan.-Mar.	4	61	35	-31
	Apr.-Jun.	7	74	19	-12
	Jul.-Sep.	27	65	8	19
	Oct.-Dec.	37	59	4	33
1988	Jan.-Mar.	46	53	1	45
	Apr.-Jun.	44	54	2	42
	Jul.-Sep.	35	60	5	30
	Oct.-Dec.	34	65	1	33
1989	Jan.-Mar.	32	68	0	32
	Apr.-Jun.	26	69	5	21
	Jul.-Sep.	24	70	6	18
	Oct.-Dec.	28	72	0	28
1990	Jan.-Mar.	21	79	0	21
	Apr.-Jun.	16	78	6	10
	Jul.-Sep.	13	79	8	5
	Oct.-Dec.	8	83	9	-1
1991	Jan.-Mar.	7	78	15	-8
	Apr.-Jun.	6	74	20	-14
	Jul.-Sep.	3	71	26	-23
	Oct.-Dec.	2	47	51	-49
1992	Jan.-Mar.	2	33	65	-63
	Apr.-Jun.	1	42	57	-56
	Jul.-Sep.	0	37	63	-63
	Oct.-Dec.	1	48	51	-50
1993	Jan.-Mar.	2	48	50	-48
	Apr.-Jun.	6	67	27	-21
	Jul.-Sep.	0	61	39	-39
	Oct.-Dec.	1	52	47	-46
1994	Jan.-Mar.	3	75	22	-19
	Apr.-Jun.	7	78	15	-8
	Jul.-Sep.	22	72	6	16
	Oct.-Dec.	25	73	2	23
1995	Jan.-Mar.	13	76	11	2
	Apr.-Jun.	8	75	17	-9
	Jul.-Sep.	5	81	14	-9
	Oct.-Dec.	9	86	5	4
1996	Jan.-Mar.	17	80	3	14
	Apr.-Jun.	23	72	5	18
	Jul.-Sep.	12	84	4	8
	Oct.-Dec.	13	84	3	10
1997	Jan.-Mar.	15	79	6	9
	Apr.-Jun.	6	71	23	-17
	Jul.-Sep.	6	82	12	-6
	Oct.-Dec.	2	48	50	-48
1998	Jan.-Mar.	1	49	50	-49
	Apr.-Jun.	0	42	58	-58
	Jul.-Sep.	0	39	61	-61
	Oct.-Dec.	1	58	41	-40
1999	Jan.-Mar.	3	72	25	-22
	Apr.-Jun.	6	80	14	-8
	Jul.-Sep.	12	82	6	6
	Oct.-Dec.	12	81	7	5
2000	Jan.-Mar.	12	84	4	8
	Apr.-Jun.	14	79	7	7
	Jul.-Sep.	18	80	2	16
	Oct.-Dec.	9	82	9	0
2001	Jan.-Mar.	4	62	34	-30
	Apr.-Jun.	0	56	44	-44
	Jul.-Sep.	0	39	61	-61
	Oct.-Dec.	1	38	61	-60
2002	Jan.-Mar.(E)	3	53	44	-41
	Apr.-Jun.(E)	5	65	30	-25

(Note)

(A); The percentage of companies saying that domestic economic conditions are rising compared with the previous quarter.

(B); The percentage of companies saying that domestic economic conditions are unchanged.

(C); The percentage of companies saying that domestic economic conditions are declining compered with the previos quarter.

(D); (D)=(A)-(C) , BSI : Business Survey Index .

(E); Companies answered economic conditions of next two consecutive quarters.Thus the BSI figures of Jan.-Mar. and Apr.-Jun. of 2002 are outlook.

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(Table 2) Capital spending plan for FY2001
(100 million yen,%)
	FY1999	FY2000	FY2001	FY1999	FY2000	FY2001
	(Actual)	(Actual)	(Plan)	(Actual)	(Actual)	(Plan)
All Industries	420,240	430,980	408,978	-1.6	2.6	-5.1
Manufacturing	136,800	147,304	132,968	-8.3	7.7	-9.7
Basic materials	39,524	38,789	42,238	-17.0	-1.9	8.9
Textiles	2,412	1,958	2,013	-16.2	-18.8	2.8
Paper and paper products	2,988	3,297	3,431	-24.4	10.3	4.1
Chemicals and chemical products	15,607	15,334	16,527	-14.9	-1.7	7.8
Petroleum and coal products	2,267	1,493	2,336	-24.9	-34.2	56.5
Rubber and leather products	879	839	776	-31.2	-4.5	-7.6
Nonmetallic mineral products	4,501	4,733	4,603	-13.0	5.1	-2.7
Iron and steel	6,152	5,504	6,170	-18.6	-10.5	12.1
Non-ferrous metals	4,718	5,631	6,382	-12.8	19.4	13.3
Processing	97,275	108,516	90,730	-4.2	11.6	-16.4
Food and beverages	10,718	10,622	12,104	-6.3	-0.9	14.0
Fabricated metal products	3,821	3,850	2,771	-11.3	0.8	-28.0
General machinery	6,460	6,131	6,147	-11.6	-5.1	0.3
Electrical machinery	38,022	51,739	31,695	12.8	36.1	-38.7
Automobiles	14,796	14,451	14,921	-20.8	-2.3	3.3
Other transport equipment	2,346	1,664	1,607	-17.0	-29.1	-3.4
Precision Instruments	3,467	4,405	3,997	-18.3	27.1	-9.3
Other manufacturing	17,646	15,653	17,488	-7.4	-11.3	11.7
Non-manufacturing	283,440	283,676	276,010	2.0	0.1	-2.7
Agriculture,forestry and fishing	111	212	106	66.1	91.6	-50.1
Mining	798	792	791	-33.0	-0.7	0.0
Construction	4,381	3,585	3,623	-12.3	-18.2	1.1
Wholesaling	9,528	10,772	12,301	-9.1	13.1	14.2
Retail trade,and eating and drinking places	16,678	18,109	14,862	-6.6	8.6	-17.9
Finance and Insurance	15,096	16,720	21,257	-16.5	10.8	27.1
Real estate	16,934	18,379	14,735	11.1	8.5	-19.8
Transportation	25,132	19,570	19,922	-8.5	-22.1	1.8
Communications	31,405	29,786	30,132	-9.2	-5.2	1.2
Electric and gas utilities	48,693	37,991	37,448	-3.9	-22.0	-1.4
Services	33,492	41,044	33,227	24.9	22.6	-19.0
Leasing	81,194	86,717	87,605	15.3	6.8	1.0

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(Table 3) Capital spending on a half-year basis
(100 million yen,%)
		All Industries	Manufacturing	Non-manufacturing	All Industries	Manufacturing	Non-manufacturing
FY1984	Apr.-Sep.	103,856	47,683	56,173	-	-	-
	Oct.-Mar.	115,424	51,186	64,237	-	-	-
FY1985	Apr.-Sep.	123,728	53,103	70,625	19.1	11.4	25.7
	Oct.-Mar.	129,083	53,620	75,463	11.8	4.8	17.5
FY1986	Apr.-Sep.	123,466	51,370	72,096	-0.2	-3.3	2.1
	Oct.-Mar.	131,275	47,057	84,219	1.7	-12.2	11.6
FY1987	Apr.-Sep.	128,628	48,538	80,090	4.2	-5.5	11.1
	Oct.-Mar.	153,152	56,574	96,578	16.7	20.2	14.7
FY1988	Apr.-Sep.	160,738	62,614	98,124	25.0	29.0	22.5
	Oct.-Mar.	196,233	75,606	120,626	28.1	33.6	24.9
FY1989	Apr.-Sep.	196,649	78,898	117,751	22.3	26.0	20.0
	Oct.-Mar.	236,103	89,611	146,492	20.3	18.5	21.4
FY1990	Apr.-Sep.	233,893	96,682	137,211	18.9	22.5	16.5
	Oct.-Mar.	254,659	102,996	151,663	7.9	14.9	3.5
FY1991	Apr.-Sep.	250,402	102,636	147,766	7.1	6.2	7.7
	Oct.-Mar.	266,047	103,649	162,398	4.5	0.6	7.1
FY1992	Apr.-Sep.	242,000	92,361	149,639	-3.4	-10.0	1.3
	Oct.-Mar.	247,844	86,480	161,363	-6.8	-16.6	-0.6
FY1993	Apr.-Sep.	209,342	70,704	138,639	-13.5	-23.4	-7.4
	Oct.-Mar.	223,722	72,957	150,765	-9.7	-15.6	-6.6
FY1994	Apr.-Sep.	200,748	61,232	139,516	-4.1	-13.4	0.6
	Oct.-Mar.	207,472	61,704	145,769	-7.3	-15.4	-3.3
FY1995	Apr.-Sep.	196,564	64,272	132,291	-2.1	5.0	-5.2
	Oct.-Mar.	218,970	69,197	149,774	5.5	12.1	2.7
FY1996	Apr.-Sep.	210,427	69,908	140,519	7.1	8.8	6.2
	Oct.-Mar.	237,700	77,991	159,709	8.6	12.7	6.6
FY1997	Apr.-Sep.	219,677	75,670	144,006	4.4	8.2	2.5
	Oct.-Mar.	231,289	83,503	147,786	-2.7	7.1	-7.5
FY1998	Apr.-Sep.	211,398	74,109	137,289	-3.8	-2.1	-4.7
	Oct.-Mar.	215,576	75,047	140,529	-6.8	-10.1	-4.9
FY1999	Apr.-Sep.	198,977	67,205	131,772	-5.9	-9.3	-4.0
	Oct.-Mar.	221,263	69,595	151,668	2.6	-7.3	7.9
FY2000	Apr.-Sep.	197,935	68,733	129,201	-0.5	2.3	-2.0
	Oct.-Mar.	233,046	78,571	154,475	5.3	12.9	1.9
FY2001	Apr.-Sep.	197,408	67,961	129,447	-0.3	-1.1	0.2
	Oct.-Mar.	211,570	65,007	146,563	-9.2	-17.3	-5.1

Contact

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