Check this out: There is a Bank of Japan Tankan Survey and a Reuters Tankan Survey.
Both are surveys of manufacturing and service companies designed to assess business conditions in Japan. The BOJ Tankan is conducted quarterly, the Reuters Tankan is monthly.
- Manufacturers index +16 in December vs +14 in November, up 11 points from three months ago
- Manufacturers index hits highest level since August 2015
- Japan non-manufacturers index +19 in December vs +15 in November, up 5 points from three months ago
- Non-manufacturers index hits highest level since May 2016
- Manufacturers March index seen at +10, non-manufacturers +20
Headlines via Reuters
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- Japanese manufacturers' confidence rose for a fourth straight month
- At a 16-month high in December
- In written comments, Japanese exporters expressed concerns about uncertainty over the global outlook following the shock U.S. election victory by Donald Trump, while a subsequent dollar rebound buoyed sentiment among manufacturers.
- "It's good that the yen has weakened. But the outlook is highly unclear
- "There's a mountain of problems such as Trump, South Korea, China and Russia."
- In a worrying sign for private consumption that constitutes about 60 percent of the economy, however, retailers' sentiment fell to minus 14 from zero in November, reflecting weak domestic demand
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- Poll of 531 large- and mid-sized firms, carried out between November 22 and December 2
- 268 responded
