Japan Business Outlook Survey, the Large Manufacturing Conditions indes for Q2 2025 comes in at -4.8
expected +0.8, prior -2.4
Results right across the survey were very poor indeed:
More reasons for a Bank of Japan pause.
BoJ is said to consider smaller reductions to its bond buyingBOJ expected to hold rates, slow pace of bond tapering amid market strainBOJ now expected to keep interest rates unchanged through to year-end – survey
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The Business Outlook Survey has been conducted jointly by the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Finance starting from the April-June quarter of 2004. The survey targets corporations with capital of 10 million yen or more and aims to obtain basic data concerning the current status and forecasts of the Japanese economy. The survey is conducted four times a year. Results are published in early or mid-June, September, December and March.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.