TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median economist forecasts for the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan business sentiment survey for September due out on Monday, Oct. 3, 0850 JST (2350 GMT Oct. 2, Sunday):
Data | Median Forecast | Previous Survey | ||
Large Mfg DI | 10 | 9 | ||
Large Non-Mfg DI | 12 | 13 | ||
Small Mfg DI | -4 | -4 | ||
Small Non-Mfg DI | -3 | -1 | ||
Capex by Big Firms for FY2022 | 18.2 | 18.6 | ||
Capex by Small Firms for FY2022 | 1.6 | -1.4 | ||
Sentiment Diffusion Index | ||||
Large Mfg | Large Non-mfg | Small Mfg | Small Non-mfg | |
Median Forecast | 10 | 12 | -4 | -3 |
High Forecast | 12 | 15 | -2 | 0 |
Low Forecast | 8 | 10 | -5 | -4 |
Previous Survey | 9 | 13 | -4 | -1 |
No. of Responses | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Mitsubishi Research | 12 | 12 | -4 | -4 |
Mitsubishi UFJ R&C | 11 | 15 | -3 | 0 |
NLI | 11 | 12 | -2 | -2 |
Mizuho R&T | 10 | 13 | -3 | -2 |
Daiwa Institute of Research | 10 | 12 | -4 | -3 |
Sumitomo Mitsui DS AM | 10 | 10 | -4 | -4 |
Japan Research | 8 | 12 | -5 | -2 |
SMBC Nikko | 8 | 11 | -4 | -3 |
FY2022 Capex Plans (% y/y) | ||||
Large Firms | Small Firms | |||
Median Forecast | 18.2 | 1.6 | ||
High Forecast | 19.5 | 3.7 | ||
Low Forecast | 17.3 | -1.3 | ||
Previous Survey | 18.6 | -1.4 | ||
No. of Responses | 8 | 8 | ||
Mitsubishi Research | 19.4 | -1.3 | ||
Mitsubishi UFJ R&C | 17.4 | 1.3 | ||
NLI | 18.1 | 2.1 | ||
Mizuho R&T | 19.5 | -1.0 | ||
Daiwa Institute of Research | 18.1 | 3.7 | ||
Sumitomo Mitsui DS AM | 19.0 | -0.4 | ||
Japan Research | 17.3 | 1.9 | ||
SMBC Nikko | 18.3 | 2.2 |