The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q1 2021 remained under the baseline (100). Moreover, all feeder indices have slightly decreased compared to the previous quarter. Business conditions (92), sales (91), domestic demand (90), ordinary profit (88), and...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q4 2020 remained under the baseline (100). However, all feeder indices have slightly increased compared to the previous quarter. Specifically, sales (96), domestic demand (96), and ordinary profit (92) showed...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 remained under the baseline (100). Moreover, all feeder indices have slightly decreased compared to the previous quarter.Business conditions (88), sales (86), domestic demand (88), exports...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q2 2022 remained under the baseline (100). However, most feeder indices have increased compared to the previous quarter. Specifically, business conditions (90), sales (95), domestic demand (94), exports (96), and others...

The BSIs for the 1st quarter of 2014 indicate that the economic sentiment of manufacturing firms has worsened compared to the last quarter. The manufacturer’ assessment of business conditions has been below the baseline (100) since last year. Except for the ordinary profit (102), the BSIs on...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the third quarter Q3 2022 still remained under the baseline (100). Moreover, most feeder indices have decreased compared to the previous quarter. Specifically, sales (86), domestic demand (87), and exports (89) in the...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 remained under the baseline (100). However, most feeder indices have slightly increased compared to the previous quarter. Specifically, sales (98), domestic demand (96), exports (100) and...

The BSIs for the 3rd quarter of 2014 suggest that the weakness in manufacturers’ business conditions has continued. The BSIs of sales and domestic demand have worsened since last year. Furthermore, the BSIs on facilities investment, operation ratio of facilities, employment, and financial...

The BSIs for the 2nd quarter of 2014 indicate that manufacturing firms have continued to report weaknesses in their economic sentiment. The manufacturers’ assessment of business conditions has been below the baseline (100) since last year. However, the BSIs on facilities investment, operation...

The BSIs for the 3rd quarter of 2015 suggest that manufacturers’ economic sentiment is far from bright. A majority of BSIs are in a recession, showing below the baseline (100). However, the BSIs on inventory have improved since the 1st quarter 2015