Tankan Survey

To compose the survey about 8-10 thousand businessmen from different economic spheres are polled. The companies, among which 10-15 are large enterprises, 30-35 - medium-sized enterprises, 50-55 small enterprises, are asked about 1) business environment, 2) production and sales, 3) demand and supply, 4) prices level, 5) gains, 6) direct investments, 7) employment, 8) fiscal conditions. Top-managers are polled separately. Estimation methods: Diffusion Index (DI) - «Favourable» minus «Unfavourable», %points, Percent change - change of the index in relation to the same period of the previous year The survey increase signals economic conditions improving and it is favourable for JPY rise.