Economy Watchers Survey — Total × DI for current conditions (direction) (D.I.)
Latest value
46.40 as of 2026-08
-0.300ptYoY
Economy Watchers Survey — Total × DI for current conditions (direction) (D.I.): history
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About Economy Watchers Survey — Total × DI for current conditions (direction) (D.I.)
The Economy Watchers Survey, published monthly by the Cabinet Office, asks people whose work puts them close to the economy — taxi drivers, shop staff and so on — how business feels. Answers are aggregated into a diffusion index where 50 means "no change".
Recent values
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 46.40 |
| 2026-07 | 45.70 |
| 2026-06 | 44.00 |
| 2026-05 | 43.60 |
| 2026-04 | 40.80 |
| 2026-03 | 42.20 |
| 2026-02 | 48.90 |
| 2026-01 | 47.60 |
| 2025-12 | 47.70 |
| 2025-11 | 48.00 |
| 2025-10 | 48.20 |
| 2025-09 | 47.00 |
Source and data handling
- Source
- e-Stat
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last ingested
- 2026-09-28
- License
- Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0)