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Results of the 99th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (September 2024 Survey)

October 10, 2024
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan

Survey Outline

  • Survey period : From August 8 to September 3, 2024.
  • Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
  • Sample size : 4,000 people (2,159 people [i.e., 54.0 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
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Have improved (A) 9.3 10.7 7.7 6.9
Have remained the same 31.2 42.0 34.0 37.5
Have worsened (B) 58.9 46.8 57.5 55.1
D.I. (A) minus (B) -49.6 -36.1 -49.8 -48.2
Outlook for Economic Conditions One Year from NowPercent, percentage points
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Will improve (A) 8.4 13.6 7.9 6.6
Will remain the same 52.5 55.0 50.9 56.5
Will worsen (B) 38.5 30.8 40.3 36.2
D.I. (A) minus (B) -30.1 -17.2 -32.4 -29.6
Impression of Present Household Circumstances Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Have become better off (A) 4.1 5.3 3.6 5.3
Difficult to say 38.9 44.3 39.8 41.3
Have become worse off (B) 56.2 49.5 55.7 52.7
D.I. (A) minus (B) -52.1 -44.2 -52.1 -47.4
Perception of the Present Price Levels Compared with One Year AgoPercent
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Have gone up significantly 65.6 62.0 65.8 63.8
Have gone up slightly 29.4 32.4 29.2 30.9
Have been almost unchanged 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.3
Have gone down slightly 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Have gone down significantly 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4
Outlook for Price Levels One Year from NowPercent
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Will go up significantly 23.0 24.3 33.1 25.5
Will go up slightly 56.3 59.0 54.4 60.1
Will be almost unchanged 17.1 14.0 10.2 11.5
Will go down slightly 2.4 1.5 1.5 1.8
Will go down significantly 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2
One of the Bank's Objectives Is to Achieve Price StabilityPercent
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Know about it 29.2 - 32.1 28.3
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 45.9 - 45.8 39.7
Have never heard of it 24.2 - 21.7 31.1
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
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Know about it 24.2 25.1 26.2 22.5
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 34.8 30.5 34.3 29.7
Have never heard of it 40.4 43.1 39.3 46.9
Confidence in the BankPercent
96th survey
(Dec 2023)
97th survey
(Mar 2024)
98th survey
(Jun 2024)
99th survey
(Sep 2024)
Confident 12.7 - 12.8 16.0
Somewhat confident 28.5 - 30.3 32.7
Difficult to say 47.8 - 46.4 39.3
Not particularly confident 6.8 - 6.2 6.3
Not confident 3.2 - 4.0 4.0

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