TABLE-Japan big manufacturer sentiment falls in Apr-June

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TOKYO, June 23 (Reuters) - Big Japanese manufacturers were
more pessimistic about business conditions in the three months to
June compared with the previous quarter, a government survey
showed on Monday. [JPBUSC=ECI]

The business survey index (BSI) of sentiment at large
manufacturers in the April-June quarter was minus 15.1, compared
with minus 12.9 in January-March, according to a joint survey by
the Ministry of Finance and the Economic and Social Research
Institute, an arm of the Cabinet Office.

The sentiment index at large non-manufacturers fell to minus
15.3 from minus 7.2 in the previous quarter, while that at big
firms overall was down at minus 15.2 against minus 9.3 in the
first quarter of this year, the survey showed.

Following is a table of main figures (figures in parentheses
are forecasts from the previous survey):
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BUSINESS SURVEY INDEX ON SENTIMENT (Measures percentage of firms
that expect the business environment to improve minus percentage
that expect it to worsen)

APR-JUNE JAN-MAR JULY-SEPT OCT-DEC

(prev fcst) f'cast f'cast
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All large firms -15.2 (-2.3) -9.3 +3.7 +5.7
Large manufacturers -15.1 (-1.6) -12.9 +5.3 +8.5
Large non-manuf -15.3 (-2.8) -7.2 +2.8 +4.0
All small firms -36.5 (-20.2) -30.4 -25.9 -18.3
Small manufacturers -37.5 (-15.1) -32.7 -24.7 -18.2
Small non-manuf -36.4 (-21.2) -29.9 -26.2 -18.4
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2008/09 2008/09
CAPITAL SPENDING OUTLOOK (yr/yr) PCT (prev survey)

All industries -0.9 (-9.4)

Manufacturers +9.3 (-6.1)

Non-manufacturers -8.2 (-11.6)
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(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Hugh Lawson)