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TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturer confidence
has improved for four months in a row as exports and industrial
output pick up, but the mood among service-sector firms has
slipped back to near a record low, a Reuters poll showed on
Thursday.

The rebound in exports and output has fuelled hopes that the
world's second-biggest economy may be recovering from its worst
recession since World War Two, but the Reuters Tankan underscored
the view that weak domestic demand could slow any recovery.

Following is a table of indexes for key sectors and a
comparison with the BOJ's tankan survey:

OCT (f'cast) JULY JUN MAY APR MAR
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MANUFACTURERS (-23) -43 -50 -69 -76 -78
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(Materials) (-10) -34 -39 -68 -84 -87
- Textile/paper (-13) -25 -38 -63 -80 -67
- Chemicals ( +4) -28 -21 -65 -81 -86
- Oil refinery/ceramics (-22) -33 -50 -67 -89 -100
- Steel/nonferrous metals (-60) -80 -100 -100 -100 -100
(Manufactured products) (-30) -48 -56 -68 -70 -73
- Food ( 0) 0 0 0 0 0
- Metal products/machinery (-52) -67 -55 -68 -81 -81
- Electric machinery (-24) -54 -66 -86 -83 -83
- Autos/transport equipment (-45) -45 -69 -88 -100 -100
- Precision machinery/others (-11) -40 -67 -67 -44 -78
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NON-MANUFACTURERS (-28) -38 -31 -44 -38 -37
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- Real estate/construction (-36) -39 -39 -50 -40 -47
- Retail/wholesale (-26) -28 -23 -37 -36 -28
- Wholesalers (-18) -35 -31 -43 -54 -36
- Retailers (-31) -23 -17 -33 -26 -22
- Information/communications (-18) -42 -27 -40 -20 -22
- Transport/utility (-38) -50 -50 -60 -47 -38
- Other services (-26) -44 -26 -42 -44 -44
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*** COMPARISON WITH BANK OF JAPAN TANKAN ***
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MANUFACTURERS NON-MANUFACTURERS

RTRS BOJ RTRS BOJ
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OCT (f'cast) -23 - -28 -
SEPT(f'cast) - -30 - -21
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
JULY -43 - -38 -
JUNE -50 -48 -31 -29
MAY -69 - -44 -
APR (2009) -76 - -38 -
MAR -78 -58 -37 -31
FEB -74 - -39 -
JAN -76 - -31 -
DEC (2008) -64 -24 -26 -9
NOV -42 - -16 -
OCT -25 - -9 -
SEPT -14 -3 -10 +1
AUG -16 - -6 -
JULY -10 - -3 -
JUNE -2 +5 -2 +10
MAY -2 - 0 -
APR +1 - +3 -
MAR +8 +11 +2 +12
FEB +9 - +2 -
JAN +17 - +1 -
DEC (2007) +21 +19 +13 +16
NOV +23 - +9 -
OCT +21 - +19 -
SEPT +24 +23 +14 +20
AUG +30 - +14 -
JUL +28 - +19 -
JUN +31 +23 +16 +22
MAY +29 - +21 -
APR +28 - +26 -
MAR +28 +23 +23 +22
FEB +30 - +20 -
JAN +35 - +23 -
DEC (2006) +34 +25 +21 +22
NOV +34 - +22 -
OCT +34 - +20 -
SEPT +30 +24 +20 +20
AUG +30 - +22 -
JUL +35 - +24 -
JUN +39 +21 +20 +20
MAY +35 - +23 -
APR +34 - +24 -
MAR +25 +20 +16 +18
FEB +34 - +17 -
JAN +33 - +22 -
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***ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS***
Q2. Where do you expect the Nikkei to be at the end of July?

AVERAGE HIGHEST LOWEST
OVERALL 9,929 12,000 8,000
MANUFACTURERS 9,914 11,500 8,000
NON-MANUFACTURERS 9,946 12,000 8,500
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Q3. Where do you expect the dollar/yen exchange rate to be at
the end of July?

AVERAGE HIGHEST LOWEST
OVERALL 96.53 115.00 86.00
MANUFACTURERS 96.57 108.00 89.08
NON-MANUFACTURERS 96.50 115.00 86.00
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Q4. Where do you expect the 10-year Japanese government bond
yield to be at the end of September? (percentage of respondents)

below 1.2- 1.4- 1.6- 1.8- 2.0-

2.2- 2.4 or

1.2 % 1.39% 1.59% 1.79% 1.99% 2.19%
2.39% above
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OVERALL 3 27 54 13 3 0

0 0
MANUF'S 3 23 53 18 3 0

0 0
NON-MANUF'S 3 31 55 8 4 0

0 0

The Reuters Tankan covers 200 large manufacturers and 200
non-manufacturers excluding the financial sector. A total of 244
responded to the first question in the poll taken from June 26 to
July 13.

The index readings are derived by subtracting the percentage
of respondents who say conditions are poor from those who say
they are good. A negative reading means most of those surveyed
are pessimistic about conditions.
(For more stories on the Japanese economy, click [ID:nECONJP])
(Reporting by Izumi Nakagawa)