日本企業物價指數

Recently the NHK News reported the following:

企業の間で取り引きされる「モノ」の価格の動きを示す先月の企業物価指数は、国内需要の低迷が続いていることなどから、去年の同じ月と比べて７．９％下落し、９か月連続のマイナスとなりました。日銀が発表した先月の企業物価指数は、平成１７年を１００とした指数で１０３．０と、去年の同じ月と比べて７．９％下落し、９か月連続のマイナスとなりました。これは、原油価格が高騰していた去年と比べて、石油製品や、自動車などに使われるプラスチック製品、鉄鋼などの価格が下がっていることなどによるものです。企業物価は、ことし６月から８月まで過去最大の下落率の更新が続き、今回はマイナス幅はやや縮小しましたが、依然として大幅な下落が続いています。企業物価を左右する原油などの市況価格は一時期よりは高くなっていますが、このところの円高で輸入品の価格が下がる可能性に加え、国内の需要も低迷が続いていることから、企業物価は、当面、マイナス傾向が続くものとみられています。

Last month's corporate goods price index, which showed the price movement of commodities between enterprises, because of the continuous sluggish demand at home, had dropped by 7.9% when compared with same month last year, and it was a continuous minus for nine months. Last month's corporate goods price index announced by Bank of Japan was a fall by 7.9% to 103.0, using the index 100 set up in 2005, compared with the same month last year, and that was a continuous minus in nine months. Compared with last year when the crude oil price had soared, prices of petroleum products, plastic products for cars, and the price of steel had fallen. In corporate prices, the trend of big falling continued, even after the update maximum fall recorded between June to August this year, and despite the extent of falling was reduced. Although the market price of crude oil that could affect corporate prices might rise over a certain period of time, the possibility of the price fall in imports due to recent appreciation of the yen, together with the continuous sluggish domestic demand, corporate prices were expected to continue its minus tendency.

From the above, it seems that the journey of economic recovery for Japan is still far from over.