January 11, 2023
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan

Survey Outline

  • Survey period : From November 4 to December 1, 2022.
  • Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
  • Sample size : 4,000 people (2,108 people [i.e., 52.7 percent of the overall sample size] provided valid responses to questions).
  • Sampling method : Stratified two-stage random sampling method.
  • Survey methodology : Mail survey method (responses collected by mail or via the internet).
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Have improved (A) 3.6 5.3 4.8 5.2
Have remained the same 38.3 38.2 31.4 27.1
Have worsened (B) 57.4 56.0 63.2 67.0
D.I. (A) minus (B) -53.8 -50.7 -58.4 -61.8
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Will improve (A) 15.6 13.5 10.5 9.1
Will remain the same 50.8 43.8 46.0 44.4
Will worsen (B) 32.7 42.2 42.9 46.2
D.I. (A) minus (B) -17.1 -28.7 -32.4 -37.1
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Have become better off (A) 4.8 3.7 4.0 3.7
Difficult to say 52.8 52.3 44.4 42.4
Have become worse off (B) 41.7 43.2 50.7 53.0
D.I. (A) minus (B) -36.9 -39.5 -46.7 -49.3
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Have gone up significantly 22.4 30.6 46.4 52.7
Have gone up slightly 58.8 58.4 45.4 41.6
Have remained almost unchanged 15.6 7.9 5.9 3.6
Have gone down slightly 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.7
Have gone down significantly 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Will go up significantly 20.4 29.4 28.9 32.5
Will go up slightly 63.9 57.7 56.8 52.5
Will remain almost unchanged 12.4 9.7 11.0 11.9
Will go down slightly 1.8 1.1 1.8 2.0
Will go down significantly 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Know about it - 30.5 - 30.7
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it - 44.3 - 45.4
Have never heard of it - 24.9 - 23.2
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Know about it 19.8 22.4 24.9 25.6
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 31.8 32.5 29.3 32.8
Have never heard of it 47.5 44.7 44.9 41.0
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Know about it 22.1 33.9 28.7 41.8
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 35.4 42.0 34.2 37.4
Have never heard of it 41.4 23.7 36.2 20.1
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Know about it 13.9 20.1 16.7 22.9
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 27.7 35.6 29.2 36.1
Have never heard of it 57.1 43.9 53.3 40.6
89th survey
(Mar 2022) 		90th survey
(Jun 2022) 		91st survey
(Sep 2022) 		92nd survey
(Dec 2022)
Confident - 13.7 - 10.8
Somewhat confident - 31.7 - 28.7
Difficult to say - 44.9 - 48.0
Not particularly confident - 5.8 - 7.6
Not confident - 3.2 - 3.9

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