Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers worsened in December compared with three months earlier for a fourth straight quarterly fall, the
The key index measuring confidence among companies such as automobile and electronics makes dropped to zero from 5, weaker than the average market of 3 forecast in a
The result was the worst since BOJ Governor
The index for large nonmanufacturers, including the service sector, stood at 20, down from 21 in the September survey.
The reading was better than the market consensus of 16, but it marked the second straight quarter of decline.
The indexes represent the percentage of companies reporting favorable conditions minus the percentage reporting unfavorable ones.
==Kyodo
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