- October 1, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
A man runs on a crosswalk at a business district in central Tokyo, Japan September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
- Big manufacturers’ sentiment index +18 vs f’cast +13 – tankan
- Big non-manufacturers’ sentiment improves slightly in Q3
- Big firms expect capex to increase 10.1% this fiscal year
TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Japanese business confidence improved in the three months to September, a central bank survey showed on Friday, a sign the economy was steadily emerging from the slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Large companies expect to increase capital expenditure by 10.1% in the current fiscal year ending in March 2022, the survey showed, backing up the central bank’s view robust corporate-sector activity will offset some of the weakness in consumption.
The survey bodes well for Fumio Kishida, who will succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga next week with a mandate to pull the economy out of the pandemic-induced doldrums and distribute more wealth to…
