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Monday, December 15, 2008

Japan’s Dec. Tankan Business Confidence Survey: Summary (Table)

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By Shizuka Muragishi

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Following is the summary table for the Tankan survey from the Bank of Japan in Tokyo.


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March Dec. Dec. Sept. June March Dec.
2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007
Forecast Actual Expected*
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---------------------Diffusion Index Level--------------------
Manufacturing:
Large -36 -24 -4 -3 5 11 19
Medium -45 -24 -12 -8 -2 5 10
Small -48 -29 -25 -17 -10 -6 2
Non-manufacturing:
Large -14 -9 -1 1 10 12 16
Medium -32 -21 -17 -12 -5 -3 2
Small -42 -29 -31 -24 -20 -15 -12
All industries -38 -24 -19 -14 -7 -4 2

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March Dec. Dec. Sept. June March Dec.
2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007
Forecast Actual Expected*
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-------------------Change from Prior Report-------------------
Manufacturing:
Large -12 -21 -1 -8 -6 -8 -4
Medium -21 -16 -4 -6 -7 -5 0
Small -19 -12 -8 -7 -4 -8 1
Non-manufacturing:
Large -5 -10 -2 -9 -2 -4 -4
Medium -11 -9 -5 -7 -2 -5 -2
Small -13 -5 -7 -4 -5 -3 -2
All industries -14 -10 -5 -7 -3 -6 -2
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NOTE1: Expected value is the forecast from the previous Tankan report. NOTE2: Sample enterprises has been revised from the March 2007 release based on the most updated population results.

Source: Bank of Japan http://www.boj.or.jp/en/

To contact the reporter on this story: Shizuka Muragishi in Tokyo at smuragishi@bloomberg.net



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