Regarding the responses for five years ahead, the largest responses relate to “Don’t know” (accounting for about 35 percent); the proportion of the “around 0 percent” responses drops to about 20 percent and that of the “around plus 5 percent” responses remains at over 20 percent (Chart 10-1).
•  Fourth, the four-group classification indicates that there are greater differences between large and small firms rather than between manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. For both large and small firms, the “Don’t know” responses grow as the projection period increases from one year to five years ahead.