Figures for ratio of current profits to sales are based on the Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry, Quarterly (from 2009/Q2 exclude "pure holding companies"). Excluding "finance and insurance." Notes: 2. Figures for business fixed investment (including land purchasing expenses) and R&D investment are based on the plans as of September Tankan in each fiscal year (all enterprises).
•  There has been a significant decline in the poverty ratio during the 1990s as reflected in the latest survey of 2004-05 by the National Sample Survey Organisation. The growth performance and potential augurs well for addressing concerns relating to disguised unemployment, seasonal unemployment and underemployment in the years ahead.