BOJ tankan to show manufacturers' Q3 mood down slightly from Q2
Reuters
Published Sep 17, 2021 01:38AM ET
Updated Sep 17, 2021 01:55AM ET
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Business confidence among Japan's large manufacturers likely slipped in the third quarter as the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant hit corporate and consumer activity, the central bank's closely watched Tankan survey is expected to show.
Other data is expected to show nationwide core consumer prices were flat in August compared with the same month a year earlier as rising costs for energy and overnight stays offset lower mobile phone fees, analysts said.
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) quarterly tankan business sentiment survey was expected to show the headline index for big manufacturers' sentiment fell to 13 from 14 in June, the poll of 17 economists showed on Friday.
"Durable goods sales have been strong until now, making up for a slump in service consumption," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute.
Output cuts by carmakers because of a global chip shortage and difficulties in procuring parts due to the explosive growth of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Southeast Asia from the summer hurt activity, he said.
The mood among big non-manufacturers was also likely to fall slightly, but avoid slipping into net pessimism, coming in flat from plus 1 in June, the poll showed.
The forecasts were in line with a string of recent data https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-manufacturers-mood-falls-5-month-low-sept-reuters-tankan-2021-09-14 that shows firms are facing renewed headwinds from the pandemic, which remain especially painful for service-sector firms.
Data this week showed the country's exports extended https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-exports-extend-double-digit-gains-6th-straight-month-2021-09-16 double-digit gains in August, although the pace of growth weakened as COVID-19 hit key Asian supply chains and slowed factory output.
Japan's economic growth is seen slowing https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-q3-growth-forecast-more-than-halved-covid-19-impact-2021-09-14 in the current quarter from April-June due in part to those disruptions even as the country's vaccination rates improve and daily COVID-19 infections appear to have peaked.
For the three months ahead, big manufacturers' optimism was expected to improve slightly to 15, while the large non-manufacturers' outlook index was seen rising to plus 5, the poll showed.
Big firms will likely raise their capital spending plans by 9.1% for the current fiscal year as the outlook improves.
The BOJ will announce the tankan quarterly survey results at 8:50 a.m. on Oct. 1.
The central bank is set https://www.reuters.com/world/china/boj-maintain-stimulus-supply-disruption-darkens-export-outlook-2021-09-17 to maintain its massive stimulus at its Sept. 21-22 policy meeting, as supply bottlenecks caused by factory shutdowns in Asia and lacklustre consumption weigh on the economy.
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Separate data due out on Sept. 24 is expected to show nationwide core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food but include oil products, were flat in August from a year earlier, the poll found.
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