Japan bad/good Corp sentiment
Japan MOF: Big Co Apr-Jun Corp Mood Index Worse on Quarter
TOKYO--Large Japanese companies grew more pessimistic about business conditions in the April to June quarter, according to a survey released Thursday by the Finance Ministry .
The ministry's large company business sentiment index, which measures the percentage of companies saying that business conditions will improve minus those saying they will get worse, stood at -1.2 in the quarter.
That marked a deterioration from the reading for the January-March index, which was +1.9.
But Thursday's survey also showed that big companies expect business conditions to improve sharply in the coming months. The index stood at +10.6 for the July-September quarter and +8.9 for the October-December period.
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