The Economy Watchers Survey is published by Cabinet office
- Its purpose is to examine region-by-region economic trends
Current conditions DI (diffusion index) ... expected 50.5, prior 49.9
and future conditions DI .... expected 51.7, prior 52.4
- Both due at 0500 GMT
Nomura on what to watch:
- We forecast a small rise in the current conditions DI ... we think the improvement will be small
- expect future conditions DI to come in broadly flat
current conditions DI fell sharply month-on-month in January
- reflecting unfavorable weather