The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the 2nd quarter, 2016 suggests that the manufacturing sector has become relatively better than the previous quarter. Business condition and sales in the manufacturing sector have heavily increased, standing at BSIs of 90...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the 1st quarter 2016 suggests that the manufacturing sector has become relatively more pessimistic than the previous quarter. Business conditions and sales in the manufacturing sector have remained far below the baseline...

The BSIs for the 4th quarter of 2015 suggest that manufacturing firms have continued to report weakness in their economic sentiment. The weak performances have been shown in demand (e.g. sales, domestic demand, etc.) and production aspects (e.g. facilities investment, employment, etc.); however,...

The overall composite Business Survey Index of the manufacturing sector in Q3 2017 saw a decrease over the previous quarter, and has stayed under the baseline (100) for three consecutive quarters. The specific BSI on business conditions and sales in the manufacturing sector remained below the...

The overall composite Business Survey Index of the manufacturing sector in the 2nd quarter 2017 saw a double-digit increase over the previous quarter, which was the highest since Q4 2014. The BSI on business conditions and sales in the manufacturing sector remained below the baseline (100),...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the 1st quarter 2017 suggests that the manufacturing sector has become relatively gloomier than the previous quarter. Business conditions and sales in the manufacturing sector have remained far below the baseline (100),...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in the 4th quarter 2016 suggests that all indices, except for exports (92), have improved compared to the previous quarter. Business condition (88) and sales (90) in the manufacturing sector have slightly increased...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q3 2018 remained under the baseline (100), as in the previous quarter. Specifically, business conditions (88), sales (88), ordinary profit (86), facilities investment (96), and operation ratio of facilities (93) indices...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q2 2018 remained under the baseline (100). However, all feeder indices excepting facilities investment(98) and employment (96) have considerably improved compared to the previous quarter. Business conditions (92), sales...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q1 2018 remained under the baseline (100). However, all feeder indices excepting only inventory (102) have worsened compared to the previous quarter. Business conditions (82), sales (79), domestic demand (81), and...