Results of the 89th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (March 2022 Survey)
April 7, 2022
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan
Survey Outline
- Survey period : From February 4 to March 2, 2022.
- Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
- Sample size : 4,000 people (2,177 people [i.e., 54.4 percent of the overall sample size] provided valid responses to questions).
- Sampling method : Stratified two-stage random sampling method.
- Survey methodology : Questionnaire survey (mail survey method).
Impression of Present Economic Conditions Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Have improved (A) |
2.2 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
3.6 |
Have remained the same |
33.4 |
38.6 |
43.2 |
38.3 |
Have worsened (B) |
63.8 |
57.8 |
51.0 |
57.4 |
D.I. (A) minus (B) |
-61.6 |
-55.3 |
-45.8 |
-53.8 |
Outlook for Economic Conditions One Year from NowPercent, percentage points
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Will improve (A) |
20.4 |
16.6 |
26.0 |
15.6 |
Will remain the same |
43.6 |
46.1 |
52.5 |
50.8 |
Will worsen (B) |
35.3 |
36.4 |
21.0 |
32.7 |
D.I. (A) minus (B) |
-14.9 |
-19.8 |
5.0 |
-17.1 |
Impression of Present Household Circumstances Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Have become better off (A) |
5.3 |
6.8 |
5.8 |
4.8 |
Difficult to say |
56.4 |
55.5 |
53.4 |
52.8 |
Have become worse off (B) |
37.3 |
36.3 |
40.0 |
41.7 |
D.I. (A) minus (B) |
-32.0 |
-29.5 |
-34.2 |
-36.9 |
Perception of the Present Price Levels Compared with One Year AgoPercent
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Have gone up significantly |
6.6 |
8.9 |
16.6 |
22.4 |
Have gone up slightly |
49.8 |
52.6 |
60.8 |
58.8 |
Have remained almost unchanged |
38.0 |
32.9 |
19.7 |
15.6 |
Have gone down slightly |
3.8 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
Have gone down significantly |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
Outlook for Price Levels One Year from NowPercent
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Will go up significantly |
7.7 |
8.4 |
13.4 |
20.4 |
Will go up slightly |
59.1 |
59.8 |
65.4 |
63.9 |
Will remain almost unchanged |
27.2 |
24.8 |
17.4 |
12.4 |
Will go down slightly |
4.0 |
3.6 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
Will go down significantly |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
One of the Bank's Objectives Is to Achieve Price StabilityPercent
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Know about it |
29.8 |
- |
28.8 |
- |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it |
44.0 |
- |
46.1 |
- |
Have never heard of it |
25.8 |
- |
24.8 |
- |
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
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Know about it |
21.7 |
18.4 |
21.3 |
19.8 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it |
31.0 |
26.7 |
29.3 |
31.8 |
Have never heard of it |
46.9 |
53.9 |
49.1 |
47.5 |
The Bank Has Been Implementing Aggressive Monetary Easing Measures to Achieve the Price Stability Target of 2 Percent Percent
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Know about it |
35.8 |
21.8 |
34.3 |
22.1 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it |
38.2 |
31.1 |
39.7 |
35.4 |
Have never heard of it |
25.4 |
46.1 |
25.7 |
41.4 |
The Bank Has Been Conducting "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control" Percent
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Know about it |
19.2 |
13.0 |
18.3 |
13.9 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it |
33.9 |
25.5 |
34.5 |
27.7 |
Have never heard of it |
46.4 |
60.3 |
46.7 |
57.1 |
Confidence in the BankPercent
|
86th survey (Jun 2021) |
87th survey (Sep 2021) |
88th survey (Dec 2021) |
89th survey (Mar 2022) |
Confident |
13.4 |
- |
12.7 |
- |
Somewhat confident |
30.8 |
- |
32.0 |
- |
Difficult to say |
46.7 |
- |
46.8 |
- |
Not particularly confident |
6.1 |
- |
5.2 |
- |
Not confident |
2.2 |
- |
2.3 |
- |
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