With (2), for example, the Opinion Survey on the General Public’s Views and Behavior compiled by the Bank asked respondents the price outlook referring to “overall prices of goods and services the respondents purchase.” By contrast, the Bank’s Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan) explicitly refers to the CPI when asking firms about their outlook on general prices.
Other income (column 5) decreased by € billion owing to a one-off effect in the previous year when other income increased by € billion owing to the partial derecognition of Deutsche Mark banknotes of the BBk III/IIIa series. Administrative expenditure, which is summarised in the next column, i.e.