Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan
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The Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan, commonly known as the Tankan survey, is a key quarterly business sentiment survey conducted by the Bank of Japan that serves as a major indicator of the country’s economic conditions.
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| Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan Context triple: [Tankan survey, originalName, Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan]
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Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices
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C.
Statistical bulletins on corporate capitalization and profits
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D.
Miyazawa economic stimulus packages
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E.
MITI and the Japanese Miracle
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan Target entity description: The Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan, commonly known as the Tankan survey, is a key quarterly business sentiment survey conducted by the Bank of Japan that serves as a major indicator of the country’s economic conditions.
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A.
National Bureau of Economic Research studies in business cycles
National Bureau of Economic Research studies in business cycles is a scholarly series of empirical and historical research volumes analyzing fluctuations and long-term patterns in the U.S. and global economies.
-
B.
Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices
Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices is the Bank of Japan’s flagship semiannual report that presents its forecasts and assessments of Japan’s economic growth and inflation.
-
C.
Statistical bulletins on corporate capitalization and profits
"Statistical bulletins on corporate capitalization and profits" are early 20th-century analytical reports produced by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations that examined the financial structure and earnings of major corporations to inform antitrust and regulatory policy.
-
D.
Miyazawa economic stimulus packages
The Miyazawa economic stimulus packages were a series of large-scale fiscal measures introduced in Japan in the early 1990s under Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa to combat economic stagnation and the fallout from the asset price bubble collapse.
-
E.
MITI and the Japanese Miracle
MITI and the Japanese Miracle is a seminal study of Japan’s postwar economic development that argues the country’s rapid growth was driven by a powerful, interventionist bureaucracy centered in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business survey
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economic indicator ⓘ statistical survey ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Tankan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aim |
to assess business conditions of enterprises in Japan
ⓘ
to provide information for monetary policy decisions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Tankan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | Tankan survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conductedBy | Bank of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| coversEnterpriseSize |
large enterprises
ⓘ
medium-sized enterprises ⓘ small enterprises ⓘ |
| coversSector |
manufacturing sector
ⓘ
non-manufacturing sector ⓘ |
| dataFormat | diffusion index ⓘ |
| dataType | survey data ⓘ |
| frequency | quarterly ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | nationwide ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/tk/index.htm ⓘ |
| importance | major indicator of Japan’s economic conditions ⓘ |
| includesIndicator |
employment plans
ⓘ
fixed investment plans ⓘ production plans ⓘ profits outlook ⓘ |
| indicatorType | leading indicator ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| mainIndex | business conditions diffusion index ⓘ |
| publisher | Bank of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseSchedule | beginning of each quarter ⓘ |
| responseUnit | enterprise ⓘ |
| scope | enterprises in Japan ⓘ |
| startYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| subject |
business sentiment
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capital investment ⓘ corporate activity ⓘ economic conditions ⓘ employment conditions ⓘ |
| timeHorizon | short-term ⓘ |
| usedBy |
economic analysts
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financial markets ⓘ government policymakers ⓘ |
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