MACRO & POLICY
MOF Updates Time-Series Data for the Business Outlook Survey (BSI)A · FULL TRANSLATION
# BSI# business survey# Japan macro# MOF
Key Points
- The Policy Research Institute released updated BSI time-series data
- BSI measures the share of firms seeing conditions improve minus those seeing decline
- A free primary dataset complementing the BOJ Tankan
Analysis
Japan's MOF research institute refreshed the Business Survey Index time series — the official gauge of corporate sentiment that complements the BOJ Tankan. Downloadable, free, and backtest-ready for anyone doing Japan macro homework.