Business sentiment
Economy Watchers Survey: Current Conditions DI (seasonally adjusted)
Agency：Cabinet Office ・ Latest：46.4（2026-08）・Month-on-month difference +0.70 pt ・ Year-on-year difference -0.30 pt ・ DI (50 = unchanged)
The Economy Watchers Survey is published monthly by Japan’s Cabinet Office. It asks people whose work lets them sense the economy first-hand, such as shop owners, taxi drivers and staff at restaurants and companies, whether conditions are improving. The Current Conditions DI turns their answers about the change from three months earlier into a score; a reading above 50 means more respondents said conditions improved. This page uses the seasonally adjusted series, and because the level of a DI is meaningful in itself, it is compared by year-on-year difference in points rather than percentage change.
Current state of the data
Decline easing
Year-on-year difference (3-month average) is -0.53 pt, compared with -2.53 pt three months earlier: decline easing.
A mechanical summary of past published values by the rules of FirstRelease Japan; it does not indicate future developments. Display rules
Source：Source: Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat), Cabinet Office "Economy Watchers Survey"（Terms of use）
Processing：3- and 12-month moving averages, year-on-year difference, and the ±2σ band over the latest 60 months are calculated by FirstRelease Japan ・ Fetched 2026-10-02
Related sectors
| Sector | Why it is related | Representative companies (examples) |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Trade | Many respondents work in retail, such as shopping streets, supermarkets and department stores | 3382 Seven & i Holdings、8267 Aeon、9983 Fast Retailing |
| Services | Includes judgments from services such as restaurants, leisure and travel | |
| Land Transportation | Includes judgments from transport workers such as taxi drivers |
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