8  Chart 9  Firms' Wage-Setting Stance Wage Increases for Full-Time Employees  Base Pay Increase  (Ratio of Firms Planning to Increase Wages) 0.8  y/y % chg.  70  0.7  %  60  0.6  50  0.5 40 0.4 30 0.3 20 0.2 0.1 0.0 FY 09  10  11  12  13  14  Small and mediumsized firms Large firms  10  15  0 FY 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  16  17  18  Notes: 1.
Figures for the base pay increase up to fiscal 2013 are based on the survey by the Central Labour Relations Commission, and those from fiscal 2014 onward are based on the survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo).