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Business Outlook Survey

(April-June 2013)

Jun. 11, 2013

1. Business conditions

Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)

(%points)

		Jan.-Mar. 2013 (previous)	Apr.-Jun. 2013 (present)	Jul.-Sep. 2013 (outlook)	Oct.-Dec. 2013 (outlook)
						Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over							All industries	1.0	5.9	14.0	11.5	Manufacturing	-4.6	5.0	16.6	15.8	Non-manufacturing	4.0	6.4	12.7	9.1	Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen							All industries	-7.5	1.0	10.0	9.7	Manufacturing	-20.6	1.1	8.0	11.0	Non-manufacturing	-3.6	1.0	10.6	9.4	Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen							All industries	-18.0	-11.3	0.1	1.1	Manufacturing	-28.4	-12.9	-0.9	7.0	Non-manufacturing	-15.8	-11.0	0.4	-0.1

2. Domestic economic conditions

Business survey index
(Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter)

(%points)

		Jan.-Mar. 2013 (previous)	Apr.-Jun. 2013 (present)	Jul.-Sep. 2013 (outlook)	Oct.-Dec. 2013 (outlook)
						Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over							All industries	17.9	33.0	24.6	15.7	Manufacturing	11.3	29.0	21.9	15.2	Non-manufacturing	21.5	35.1	26.0	15.9	Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen							All industries	9.6	31.0	25.2	19.2	Manufacturing	-1.0	26.5	22.4	19.0	Non-manufacturing	12.8	32.3	26.1	19.3	Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen							All industries	-2.7	9.8	11.3	7.8	Manufacturing	-10.0	3.4	11.2	8.7	Non-manufacturing	-1.2	11.0	11.3	7.6

3. Employment

Business survey index
(Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" )

(%points)

		End of Mar. 2013 (previous)	End of Jun. 2013 (present)	End of Sep. 2013 (outlook)	End of Dec. 2013 (outlook)
						Corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over							All industries	4.0	3.4	3.1	4.1	Manufacturing	-5.8	-5.0	-2.7	-1.2	Non-manufacturing	9.3	7.8	6.1	6.9	Corporations with capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen							All industries	11.8	9.1	7.5	6.9	Manufacturing	-0.4	-2.3	-2.1	0.4	Non-manufacturing	15.5	12.6	10.4	8.9	Corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen							All industries	10.5	8.4	7.9	7.0	Manufacturing	-0.1	0.3	1.9	4.5	Non-manufacturing	12.7	10.0	9.2	7.6

4. Sales (compared with the previous year)

(%)

FY 2013	1st half FY 2013	2nd half FY 2013
All industries	2.6	1.6	3.5
Manufacturing	3.6	1.0	6.2
Non-manufacturing	2.1	1.9	2.3

FY 2013

1st half

FY 2013

2nd half

FY 2013

All industries

2.6

1.6

3.5

Manufacturing

3.6

1.0

6.2

Non-manufacturing

2.1

1.9

2.3

5. Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year)

(%)

FY 2013	1st half FY 2013	2nd half FY 2013
All industries	9.1	6.8	11.1
Manufacturing	18.8	15.6	21.4	Non-manufacturing	5.0	3.4	6.5

FY 2013

1st half

FY 2013

2nd half

FY 2013

All industries

9.1

6.8

11.1

Manufacturing

18.8

15.6

21.4

Non-manufacturing

5.0

3.4

6.5

6. Software and investment in plant and equipment (compared with the previous year)

(%)

FY 2013	1st half FY 2013	2nd half FY 2013
All industries	7.2	17.5	-1.0
Manufacturing	5.8	9.9	2.2
Non-manufacturing	8.1	22.4	-2.7

FY 2013

1st half

FY 2013

2nd half

FY 2013

All industries

7.2

17.5

-1.0

Manufacturing

5.8

9.9

2.2

Non-manufacturing

8.1

22.4

-2.7

Note: Excludes expense purchasing land.

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