Japan Economy Watchers Survey

The monthly Economy Watchers survey's diffusion index, in which a score of more than 50 means people view current economic conditions in a positive light, fell 1.2 points from a month earlier to 44.1 in May 2019, the lowest level since June 2016. Economy Watchers Survey in Japan averaged 45.08 from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 57.50 in December of 2005 and a record low of 18.90 in December of 2008.

Economy Watchers Survey in Japan is expected to be 44.90 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Economy Watchers Survey in Japan to stand at 48.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Economy Watchers Survey is projected to trend around 49.00 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-03-08	05:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current	47.5	45.6	46.2	45.2
2019-04-08	06:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current	44.8	47.5	46.7	48
2019-05-14	05:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current	45.3	44.8	45.9	45.4
2019-06-10	05:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current	44.1	45.3	45.7	45
2019-07-08	05:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current		44.1		44.9
2019-08-08	05:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current				45.7
2019-09-09	05:00 AM	Eco Watchers Survey Current				47.2

Japan Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	12.00	19.00	53.00	-58.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	49.50	49.80	56.20	29.60		[+]
Services Pmi	51.70	51.80	55.30	46.40	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-1.10	-4.30	30.00	-37.20	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.60	-0.60	6.80	-16.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-1.10	-4.30	29.30	-37.20	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	102.20	100.60	136.10	68.60	Index Points	[+]
New Orders	1071.56	938.29	1624.17	693.64	JPY Billion	[+]
Machinery Orders	5.20	3.80	25.50	-17.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	2191.10	1837.80	7637.40	-6554.90	JPY Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	695.00	645.00	1965.00	6.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	22244.02	19476.32	26401.12	43.24	JPY Billion	[+]
Coincident Index	102.10	101.10	107.00	69.30		[+]
Economy Watchers Survey	44.10	45.30	57.50	18.90		[+]
Car Production	780165.00	745407.00	961994.00	249772.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	212636.00	199587.00	585449.00	83044.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	95.90	95.70	108.00	72.50	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	6.00	14.00	46.00	-60.00		[+]
Internet Speed	20171.96	19574.52	20171.96	6541.92	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	43689566.00	43995715.00	44977757.00	23570249.00	IP	[+]
Private Investment	6.10	5.70	12.80	-25.33	percent	[+]
Mining Production	-3.20	-4.80	16.20	-16.10	percent	[+]
Cement Production	4775.00	4349.00	9368.00	4218.00	Thousands of Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	82.47	81.59	82.47	5.36	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	5.00	8.00	10.00	5.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	50.70	50.80	54.10	46.30		[+]
Corruption Index	73.00	73.00	80.00	58.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	18.00	20.00	25.00	14.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	39.00	34.00	39.00	13.00		[+]
Non Manufacturing Pmi	21.00	24.00	57.00	-41.00		[+]
Steel Production	8646.61	9084.18	10775.00	1177.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]

Japan Economy Watchers Survey

The Economy Watchers Current Index measures the current mood of businesses that directly service consumers, such as barbers, taxi drivers, and waiters. The data is compiled from a survey of about 2,050 workers. A reading above 50.0 indicates optimism; below indicates pessimism. This page provides - Japan Economy Watchers Survey - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Japan Economy Watchers Survey - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.