TABLE-Reuters Tankan June business confidence survey

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TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturers became far less
pessimistic about business conditions in June, a Reuters poll showed, adding
to signs the world's No. 2 economy has overcome the worst of recession as
exports and output rise.

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

SEPT(f'cast) JUN MAY APR MAR FEB JAN
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MANUFACTURERS (-31) -50 -69 -76 -78 -74 -76
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(Materials) (-16) -39 -68 -84 -87 -81 -83
- Textile/paper (-13) -38 -63 -80 -67 -89 -67
- Chemicals ( -9) -21 -65 -81 -86 -75 -85
- Oil refinery/ceramics (-10) -50 -67 -89 -100 -78 -89
- Steel/nonferrous metals (-60) -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100
(Manufactured products) (-41) -56 -68 -70 -73 -69 -72
- Food ( 0) 0 0 0 0 0 -20
- Metal products/machinery (-40) -55 -68 -81 -81 -85 -86
- Electric machinery (-49) -66 -86 -83 -83 -76 -78
- Autos/transport equipment (-54) -69 -88 -100 -100 -88 -89
- Precision machinery/others (-38) -67 -67 -44 -78 -67 -63
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NON-MANUFACTURERS (-17) -31 -44 -38 -37 -39 -31
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- Real estate/construction (-30) -39 -50 -40 -47 -47 -30
- Retail/wholesale (-18) -23 -37 -36 -28 -29 -35
- Wholesalers (-13) -31 -43 -54 -36 -47 -29
- Retailers (-21) -17 -33 -26 -22 -16 -39
- Information/communications (-18) -27 -40 -20 -22 -40 -22
- Transport/utility (-25) -50 -60 -47 -38 -50 -50
- Other services ( -3) -26 -42 -44 -44 -40 -23
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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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SEPT(f'cast) -31 - -17 -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
JUNE -50 -51(f'cast) -31 -30(f'cast)
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 9,637 12,000 8,000
MANUFACTURERS 9,618 12,000 8,000
NON-MANUFACTURERS 9,656 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 96.65 110.00 86.00
MANUFACTURERS 96.65 105.00 90.00
NON-MANUFACTURERS 96.66 110.00 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 4 16 60 17 3 0 0 0
MANUF'S 3 17 59 17 3 1 0 0
NON-MANUF'S 5 15 60 17 2 0 1 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 May 29 to June 15.

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)