Below are the questions and answers to the poll conducted Aug. 1-16 for Reuters by Nikkei Research. Answers are denoted in percentage points, while poll and reply totals are represented in actual figures.
1a. How do you expect the government's planned stimulus will have effects on the underlying economy? (Pick one)
Sectors Considerably A little bit Not much Not at all Polled Replied
All 3 63 31 3 533 267
Manufacturers 3 60 36 1 261 141
Non-Manufacturers 4 67 25 4 272 126
1b. How do you expect the government's planned stimulus will have effects on bolstering Japan's potential growth? (Pick one)
Sectors Considerably A little bit Not much Not at all Polled Replied
All 2 45 45 8 533 266
Manufacturers 1 46 46 6 261 140
Non-Manufacturers 4 44 43 9 272 126
1c. How do you expect the government's planned stimulus will have effects on stimulating private consumption? (Pick one)
Sectors Considerably A little bit Not much Not at all Polled Replied
All 0 43 49 8 533 266
Manufacturers 0 44 49 8 261 140
Non-Manufacturers 1 42 49 8 272 126
1d. Do you expect growth to accelerate with government's plan to bring forward opening of maglev train services by tapping Fiscal Investment and Loan Program?
Sectors Greatly A little bit Not much Not at all Polled Replied
All 5 60 31 3 533 269
Manufacturers 5 62 30 3 261 143
Non-Manufacturers 6 59 33 3 272 126
1e. Should the government expand fiscal spending to promote new technology such as IoT and AI? (Pick one)
Sectors Considerably Not really Polled Replied
All 63 37 533 268
Manufacturers 58 42 261 142
Non-Manufacturers 67 33 272 126
2. With the government showing active stance on fiscal spending, how should the Bank of Japan act? (Pick one)
Sectors Enhancing Maintaining Taming monetary Others Polled Replied
monetary easing status quo easing and head
to exit
All 37 35 27 1 533 263
Manufacturers 38 30 30 1 261 138
Non-Manufacturers 34 42 23 1 272 125
3a. Japan's main securities industry body set new guidelines to prevent leaks of unpublished corporate information by analysts. Are you changing the way you deal with analysts? (Pick one)
Sectors Yes Plan to change No plan to Polled Replied
from now on change
All 4 19 77 533 262
Manufacturers 5 21 74 261 140
Non-Manufacturers 3 16 81 272 122
3b. Do you see any problems in dealing with the securities industry's new guidelines? (Pick plural choices)
Sectors Considering Considering whether Others Polled Replied
to what to change content of
extent discussions with
qualitative securities companies
information and investment fund
can be management companies
discussed
All 65 27 23 533 208
Manufacturers 63 32 19 261 111
Non-Manufacturers 68 22 27 272 97
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto and Izumi Nakagawa; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)