The Tankan = Corporate Short-term Economic Observation Survey released by the Bank of Japan highlights once again that the sharp rise in costs among companies has not been sufficiently passed on to the prices of products and services, and that profits are being squeezed. became.

According to the Tankan released by the Bank of Japan on the 1st,


▽ "Purchase price judgment" showing the trend of purchase price in the manufacturing industry of large companies is +65, which is the highest in 42 years, up 7 points from the previous March survey. It became a standard.



On the other hand,


▽ "Sales price judgment", which shows the trend of the selling price of products, increased by 10 points from the previous time to +34.



As a result, the difference between the purchase and sales indexes is 31, which is slightly smaller than the previous time, but the gap is still wide.

In addition,


the “purchase price judgment” of the non-manufacturing industry of large companies was +43, an increase of 8 points from the previous time, the highest since the start of statistics.



On the other hand, the “selling price judgment” was +19, an increase of only 6 points, and the difference between the purchasing and sales indexes widened from the previous time to 24.



Neither the manufacturing industry nor the non-manufacturing industry has been able to sufficiently pass on the sharp rise in costs of raw materials to the prices of products and services, and it has become clear once again that profits continue to be under pressure. rice field.



According to the Bank of Japan, "Price increases are gradually spreading among companies, but the current situation is that they are not as pass-through as so-called downstream companies that are closer to consumers, so we will carefully look at the impact on future business sentiment." It is said that.