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Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Tankan survey indicates that the US-China trade stoush is, indeed, causing consternation among Japan's large manufacturers. The Tankan index for large manufacturers dropped from a reading of +12 in the March quarter to +7 in the June 2019 quarter ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... quarterly BOJ Tankan survey, it's already impacted on the land of the rising sun. The headline index for large manufacturers dropped to a reading of +21 in June from +24 in the previous month. This is the lowest reading in exactly one year and marks ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... 52.2 in August. This is consistent with the Tankan survey that showed business confidence among the country's large manufacturers improved to a reading of 22 in the third quarter - the highest reading since the September 2007 quarter - from 17 in the ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... prices." The BOJ's own quarterly Tankan survey provided similar indications. The sentiment index for both large manufacturers (17 in the June quarter from 12 in the March quarter) and large non-manufacturers (23 from 20) improved to their best levels ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... year. In Japan, the BOJ's quarterly Tankan survey - a measure of business confidence - showed the index for large manufacturers rose to a better than expected reading of 17 in the second quarter from 12 in the first quarter. This is the highest level ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey showed that the large manufacturers' sentiment index increased to a reading of plus 12 in the March quarter from the December quarter's plus 10 reading. While this is lower than market expectations for an increase ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... one that's also indicated by the improvement in the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey that showed the index of large manufacturers rose to a reading of plus 10 in the December quarter from plus 6 in the previous three quarters. Still, this is clouded by ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... 40.5). This follows earlier reports of a strong lift in Japanese business confidence. The Tankan survey of large manufacturers jumped to 10 in the fourth quarter -- its highest reading in a year - from a reading of 6 - the lowest since June quarter 2013 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... the central bank's policy stimulus measures aren't having a positive impact on sentiment among the country's large manufacturers and non-manufacturers alike. The sentiment index for large manufacturers stood at 6 in the September quarter - the same reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... straight month that the index had been just above the 50 expansion/contraction mark, suggesting some stability in large manufacturers and state-owned enterprises which the official PMI mainly tracks. In contrasts, the Caixin manufacturing PMI - that ...
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