Measures the current economic activity based on a composite of indicators that track current business conditions in Japan . The headline number is derived by comparing the number of expanding indicators to the total number of indicators used. A headline number reading of 50% means that half of the available indicators are expanding.

Included in the index are; the expansion or contraction of industrial production, capacity utilization, retail and wholesale sales, power consumption, non-scheduled work hours, the job-offer rate and operating profits.

Relevance : Rarely affects markets
Release Schedule: 5:00 (GMT); quarterly.
Source of Report: The Cabinet Office ( Japan )
Web Address: http://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html
Address of Release: http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/stat/menu.html#di , refer to Index of Business Conditions and to the most recent entry for Coincident Index.