Development Bank of Japan Research Report No.65 "Survey on Planned Capital Spending for Fisical Years 2009, 2010 and 2011"

Development Bank of Japan Inc. (“DBJ”, President: Minoru Murofushi) has released the results of survey on planned capital spending for fiscal years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

The present survey indicates that planned capital spending of large-sized firms (capitalized at \1 billion or over) in overall industry for FY2010 shows the first increase in three years (up 6.8%), with investment rising in both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. In contrast, actual figures for the previous year reveal the steepest drop since the survey started, falling 16.7% overall and 30.8% in the manufacturing sector. Hence, the increase in FY2010 is expected to be small.

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http://www.dbj.jp/en/topics/report/2010/html/0000005051.html
The survey was conducted under the condition of not disclosing respondents’ individual names. Hence, we apologize in advance for not being able to reply to inquiries regarding specific enterprises' names.

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