Japan big manufacturers' mood worsens slightly in Q4: BOJ tankan
[TOKYO] Japanese big manufacturers' sentiment worsened slightly in the three months to December but corporate spending plans were strong, a closely watched central bank survey showed, highlighting the uneven recovery brought by premier Shinzo Abe's stimulus policies.
The headline index for big manufacturers' sentiment worsened by 1 point from three months earlier to plus 12 in December, the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey showed on Monday.
That compared with a median market forecast of plus 13.
Big firms plan to increase capital spending by 8.9 per cent in the current fiscal year ending in March 2015, the survey showed.
The tankan's sentiment indexes are derived by subtracting the number of respondents who say conditions are poor from those who say they are good. A positive reading means optimists outnumber pessimists.
REUTERS
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