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BOJ Tankan To Show Business Sentiment Dips
The Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey for December will likely show a dip in sentiment among many business sectors from three months ago, weighed by continued uncertainties from the global economy and the sales tax hike, economists said. The Tankan will show hat major firms revising down their capital investment plans, but smaller firms revise theirs upwards. The BOJ will release the outcome of its Tankan quarterly business survey for December conducted from mid-November to Dec 12 at 0850JST on Dec 13. The median economist forecast for the diffusion index (DI) for sentiment among major manufacturers is +3, down ... (full story)