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Results of the 100th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (December 2024 Survey)

January 17, 2025
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan

Survey Outline

  • Survey period : From November 7 to December 3, 2024.
  • Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
  • Sample size : 4,000 people (2,099 people [i.e., 52.5 percent of the overall sample size] provided valid responses to questions).
  • Sampling method : Stratified two-stage random sampling method.
  • Survey methodology : Mail survey method (responses collected by mail or via the internet).
Impression of Present Economic Conditions Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Have improved (A) 10.7 7.7 6.9 3.9
Have remained the same 42.0 34.0 37.5 35.9
Have worsened (B) 46.8 57.5 55.1 59.8
D.I. (A) minus (B) -36.1 -49.8 -48.2 -55.9
Outlook for Economic Conditions One Year from NowPercent, percentage points
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Will improve (A) 13.6 7.9 6.6 5.7
Will remain the same 55.0 50.9 56.5 51.2
Will worsen (B) 30.8 40.3 36.2 42.6
D.I. (A) minus (B) -17.2 -32.4 -29.6 -36.9
Impression of Present Household Circumstances Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Have become better off (A) 5.3 3.6 5.3 4.7
Difficult to say 44.3 39.8 41.3 37.6
Have become worse off (B) 49.5 55.7 52.7 57.1
D.I. (A) minus (B) -44.2 -52.1 -47.4 -52.4
Perception of the Present Price Levels Compared with One Year AgoPercent
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Have gone up significantly 62.0 65.8 63.8 69.2
Have gone up slightly 32.4 29.2 30.9 25.9
Have been almost unchanged 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4
Have gone down slightly 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.2
Have gone down significantly 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.7
Outlook for Price Levels One Year from NowPercent
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Will go up significantly 24.3 33.1 25.5 31.1
Will go up slightly 59.0 54.4 60.1 54.6
Will be almost unchanged 14.0 10.2 11.5 10.8
Will go down slightly 1.5 1.5 1.8 2.0
Will go down significantly 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
One of the Bank's Objectives Is to Achieve Price StabilityPercent
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Know about it - 32.1 28.3 27.8
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it - 45.8 39.7 46.8
Have never heard of it - 21.7 31.1 25.3
The Bank Has Set the Price Stability Target at 2 Percent in terms of the Year-on-Year Rate of Change in the CPI Percent
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Know about it 25.1 26.2 22.5 21.3
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 30.5 34.3 29.7 34.3
Have never heard of it 43.1 39.3 46.9 44.0
Confidence in the BankPercent
97th survey
(Mar 2024)		 98th survey
(Jun 2024)		 99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)
Confident - 12.8 16.0 13.1
Somewhat confident - 30.3 32.7 31.7
Difficult to say - 46.4 39.3 45.0
Not particularly confident - 6.2 6.3 5.9
Not confident - 4.0 4.0 3.5

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