Sources: Eurostat; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Small and Medium Enterprise Agency; U.K. Office for National Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau.
As a result, business fixed investment of principal firms overall is expected to expand at a faster pace than in fiscal 1995. Business fixed investment plans of small firms (all industries) were revised upwards substantially from the August Tankan, marginally exceeding the level of the previous year for the first time in five years.