NHK conducted a survey of 100 major domestic companies to see if they thought the current state of the Japanese economy had "escaped deflation," and found that 21 companies said they had "escaped from deflation," and 36 companies said they had not "escaped from it." , judgment was divided.
NHK conducted a survey of 100 major domestic companies from the 20th of last month to the 15th of this month, and received responses from all companies.
When asked whether they thought the current state of the Japanese economy had ``escaped from deflation,''
21 companies said they had ``escaped from deflation,'
' and 36 companies said they had not ``escaped from deflation.''
In addition,
26 companies said ``I don't know'' and
17 companies said ``No response.''
When we asked companies that answered that they had ``escaped from deflation'' by giving multiple answers,
13 companies answered that ``inflation continues to exceed the 2% target set by the Bank of Japan,'' and
▼ ``There is a possibility of a return to deflation.'' 6 companies said ``wage is low,
'' and 3 companies said ``wages are increasing sufficiently in line with price increases.''
On the other hand, when we asked companies that answered ``we have not overcome deflation'' to give multiple answers as to why,
28 companies answered ``wage increases have not kept up with the rise in prices,'' and ▼ 28 companies answered
``because of bad inflation due to high costs.'' 11 companies,
▼ 7 companies said ``Prices are rising, but the economy is not good,''
▼ 4 companies said ``There is a possibility of a return to deflation.''
The government aims to completely break free from deflation, which is a situation in which prices continue to decline.
It has been pointed out that as the actual wage continues to be negative, there is a risk of a return to deflation as people become more frugal in their consumption, and the focus of this year's spring labor movement will be whether this can lead to a complete breakaway from deflation.