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TOKYO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Big Japanese manufacturers were more pessimistic about business conditions in the three months to December compared with the previous quarter, a government survey showed on Wednesday. [JPBUSC=ECI]
The BSI measures the percentage of firms that expect the business environment to improve from the previous quarter minus the percentage that expect it to worsen.
Following is a table of main figures (figures in parentheses are forecasts from the previous survey): ---------------------------------------------------------------- BUSINESS SURVEY INDEX ON SENTIMENT (Measures percentage of firms that expect the business environment to improve minus percentage that expect it to worsen)
OCT-DEC JULY-SEPT JAN-MAR APR-JUNE
(prev fcst) f'cast f'cast ---------------------------------------------------------------- All large firms -35.7 (-5.3) -10.2 -22.2 -10.3 Large manufacturers -44.5 (-4.3) -10.0 -27.2 -10.2 Large non-manuf -30.5 (-5.9) -10.2 -19.2 -10.4 All small firms -40.7 (-24.4) -34.3 -38.3 -24.1 Small manufacturers -51.3 (-27.0) -34.7 -46.8 -27.8 Small non-manuf -38.5 (-23.9) -34.3 -36.5 -23.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------
2008/09 2008/09 CAPITAL SPENDING OUTLOOK (yr/yr) PCT (prev survey) All industries -9.8 (-2.4)
Manufacturers -2.4 (+8.6)
Non-manufacturers -15.0 (-10.6) _________________________________________________________________ For the full tables, click on http://www.mof.go.jp/english/e1c003.htm (Reporting by Hideyuki Sano)