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TABLE-Big Japanese manufacturers remain gloomy as exports slow - Reuters Tankan

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By Reuters
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TOKYO, March 23 (Reuters) - Big Japanese manufacturers remained gloomy over business conditions for a third straight month in March, the Reuters Tankan showed on Thursday, while non-manufacturers' sentiment rebounded in a sign of revival in post-COVID activity. The Reuters Tankan, which closely tracks the Bank of Japan's quarterly 'tankan' survey, canvassed 493 big non-financial firms, of which 252 responded during the March 8-17 survey period. Following is a table of index readings, which are derived by subtracting the percentage of respondents who say conditions are poor from those who say conditions are good. A negative reading means pessimists outnumber optimists.


2023 2022 JUNE (forecast) MARCH FEB JAN DEC NOV OCT ================================================================ MANUFACTURERS (+10) -3 -5 -6 +8 +2 +5
---------------------------------------------------------------- (Materials) ( +3) -17 -7 -14 -2 +3 0
- Textiles/paper ( 0) -30 -20 -30 -20 0 -10
- Chemicals ( +6) 0 0 -6 +11 +11 +10
- Oil refinery/ceramics (+15) -15 0 -12 +13 0 0 - Steel/nonferrous metals ( -9) -36 -9 -17 -20 -11 -9 (Manufactured products) (+14) +5 -3 0 +13 +2 +8 - Foods (+22) +11 0 +10 0 +25 +12
- Metal products/machinery (+19) +23 +14 +11 +37 +26 +18


- Electric machinery ( -4) -22 -28 -10 -5 -24 +5


- Autos/transport equipment (+19) +6 -15 -21 +9 -29 -17
- Precision machinery/others(+23) +15 +7 +7 +7 +14 +15
================================================================ NON-MANUFACTURERS (+16) +21 +17 +20 +25 +20 +15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Real estate/construction (-12) -12 -8 -9 +7 +9 0 - Retail/wholesale (+19) +33 +16 +31 +30 +32 +17 - Wholesalers (+15) +42 +27 +48 +45 +50 +42 - Retailers (+24) +24 +5 +13 +12 +11 -12 - Information/communications(+42) +50 +50 +34 +46 +39 +43 - Transport/utility (+15) +10 +22 +24 +27 +26 +32 - Other services (+26) +30 +20 +23 +19 0 0 =============================================================== MANUFACTURERS NON-MANUFACTURERS RTRS BOJ RTRS BOJ --------------------------------------------------------------- JUNE 2023 (forecast) (+10) - (+16) -
MAY - - - - APR - - - - MAR (forecast) -3 ( +6) +21 (+11) FEB -5 - +17 - JAN -6 - +20 - DEC 2022 +8 +7 +25 +19 NOV +2 - +20 - OCT +5 - +15 - SEP +10 +8 +11 +14 AUG +13 - +19 - JUL +9 - +14 - JUN +9 +9 +13 +13 MAY +5 - +13 - APR +11 - +8 - MAR +8 +14 -1 +9 FEB +6 - +3 - JAN +17 - +8 - DEC 2021 +22 +17 +6 +10 NOV +13 - +1 - OCT +16 - -1 - SEP +18 +18 -2 +2 AUG +33 - +5 - JUL +25 - -3 - JUN +22 +14 0 +1 MAY +21 - +2 - APR +13 - -3 - MAR +6 +5 -5 -1 FEB +3 - -7 - JAN -1 - -11 - DEC 2020 -9 -10 -4 -5 NOV -13 - -13 - OCT -26 - -16 - SEP -29 -27 -18 -12 AUG -33 - -23 - JUL -44 - -26 - JUN -46 -34 -32 -17 MAY -44 - -36 - APR -30 - -23 - MAR -20 -8 -10 +8 FEB -5 - +15 - JAN -6 - +14 - DEC 2019 -6 0 +14 +20 NOV -9 - +12 - OCT -5 - +25 - SEP -7 +5 +19 +21 AUG -4 - +13 - JUL +3 - +25 - JUN +6 +7 +22 +23 MAY +12 - +27 - APR +8 - +24 - MAR +10 +12 +22 +21 FEB +13 - +22 - JAN +18 - +31 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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