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Results of the 107th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (September 2026 Survey)

October 13, 2026
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan

Survey Outline

  • Survey period : From August 3 to September 4, 2026.
  • Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
  • Sample size : 4,000 people (1,972 people [i.e., 49.3 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
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Have improved (A) 5.4 6.3 5.8 5.2
Have remained the same 38.5 41.2 31.2 35.9
Have worsened (B) 55.8 51.8 62.5 58.2
D.I. (A) minus (B) -50.4 -45.5 -56.7 -53.0
Outlook for Economic Conditions One Year from NowPercent, percentage points
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Will improve (A) 13.8 14.3 7.4 6.6
Will remain the same 53.4 52.5 42.0 49.6
Will worsen (B) 32.1 32.8 49.9 42.8
D.I. (A) minus (B) -18.3 -18.5 -42.5 -36.2
Impression of Present Household Circumstances Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Have become better off (A) 5.0 5.8 4.8 4.5
Difficult to say 37.0 40.1 39.6 40.3
Have become worse off (B) 57.2 53.4 55.0 54.4
D.I. (A) minus (B) -52.2 -47.6 -50.2 -49.9
Perception of the Present Price Levels Compared with One Year AgoPercent
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Have gone up significantly 70.0 68.3 68.5 68.9
Have gone up slightly 25.2 26.7 26.8 26.6
Have been almost unchanged 2.8 3.2 2.7 2.4
Have gone down slightly 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4
Have gone down significantly 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7
Outlook for Price Levels One Year from NowPercent
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Will go up significantly 28.2 29.2 40.5 34.5
Will go up slightly 57.8 54.5 49.9 54.1
Will be almost unchanged 11.1 12.4 6.7 8.5
Will go down slightly 1.9 2.7 1.5 1.2
Will go down significantly 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3
One of the Bank's Objectives Is to Achieve Price StabilityPercent
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Know about it 26.2 27.1 28.3 30.3
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 49.7 38.7 45.6 40.5
Have never heard of it 23.7 33.4 25.7 28.8
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
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Know about it 20.6 21.3 21.1 21.9
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 35.9 29.3 36.9 32.0
Have never heard of it 43.1 48.5 41.5 45.4
Confidence in the BankPercent
104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)		 107th survey
(Sep 2026)
Confident 13.5 17.3 14.1 14.1
Somewhat confident 32.3 34.0 30.7 29.4
Difficult to say 45.7 37.1 45.0 44.9
Not particularly confident 4.9 5.9 6.5 5.6
Not confident 3.0 4.7 2.9 3.1

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