BoJ Tankan - March labor market conditions index minus 12 vs minus 11 Dec |
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TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - The labor diffusion indices, which measure the number of companies that believe they have excess workers minus those that believe they have too few, showed that more firms believe they are in shortage of staff, according to the Bank of Japan's March Tankan survey of business sentiment.The BoJ issued the following breakdown of the labor conditions index in the March survey, compared with index levels in the December poll:All firms - minus 12 vs minus 11All manufacturers - minus 7 vs minus 7All non-manufacturers - minus 14 vs minus 13Big manufacturers - minus 7 vs minus 6Big non-manufacturers - minus 19 vs minus 16Mid-sized manufacturers - minus 8 vs minus 9Mid-sized non-manufacturers - minus 15 vs minus 13Small manufacturers - minus 6 vs minus 7Small non-manufacturers - minus 13 vs minus 12The BoJ also issued the following forecasts for June:All firms - minus 13All manufacturers - minus 8All non-manufacturers - minus 16Big manufacturers - minus 8Big non-manufacturers - minus 19Mid-sized manufacturers - minus 9Mid-sized non-manufacturers - minus 17Small manufacturers - minus 8Small non-manufacturers - minus 14(1 usd = 117.70 yen)yasuhiko.seki@xfn.comys/mas
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BoJ Tankan - March large manufacturers index at plus 23, below forecast 