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Results of the 102nd Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (June 2025 Survey)

July 14, 2025
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan

Survey Outline

  • Survey period : From May 1 to June 3, 2025.
  • Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
  • Sample size : 4,000 people (2,016 people [i.e., 50.4 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
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Have improved (A) 6.9 3.9 4.6 3.5
Have remained the same 37.5 35.9 30.5 25.4
Have worsened (B) 55.1 59.8 64.4 70.5
D.I. (A) minus (B) -48.2 -55.9 -59.8 -67.0
Outlook for Economic Conditions One Year from NowPercent, percentage points
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Will improve (A) 6.6 5.7 5.7 4.5
Will remain the same 56.5 51.2 50.7 46.5
Will worsen (B) 36.2 42.6 42.8 48.4
D.I. (A) minus (B) -29.6 -36.9 -37.1 -43.9
Impression of Present Household Circumstances Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Have become better off (A) 5.3 4.7 3.9 3.8
Difficult to say 41.3 37.6 39.4 34.3
Have become worse off (B) 52.7 57.1 55.9 61.0
D.I. (A) minus (B) -47.4 -52.4 -52.0 -57.2
Perception of the Present Price Levels Compared with One Year AgoPercent
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Have gone up significantly 63.8 69.2 73.7 75.3
Have gone up slightly 30.9 25.9 22.4 20.8
Have been almost unchanged 3.3 3.4 2.2 1.7
Have gone down slightly 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.5
Have gone down significantly 0.4 0.7 0.7 1.0
Outlook for Price Levels One Year from NowPercent
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Will go up significantly 25.5 31.1 33.0 33.4
Will go up slightly 60.1 54.6 53.7 51.7
Will be almost unchanged 11.5 10.8 10.4 11.8
Will go down slightly 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.7
Will go down significantly 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3
One of the Bank's Objectives Is to Achieve Price StabilityPercent
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Know about it 28.3 27.8 29.6 26.2
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 39.7 46.8 38.9 46.8
Have never heard of it 31.1 25.3 30.7 26.3
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
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Know about it 22.5 21.3 23.1 21.7
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 29.7 34.3 28.9 32.6
Have never heard of it 46.9 44.0 47.1 45.2
Confidence in the BankPercent
99th survey
(Sep 2024)		 100th survey
(Dec 2024)		 101st survey
(Mar 2025)		 102nd survey
(Jun 2025)
Confident 16.0 13.1 16.2 12.2
Somewhat confident 32.7 31.7 32.6 29.1
Difficult to say 39.3 45.0 39.3 47.6
Not particularly confident 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.3
Not confident 4.0 3.5 5.1 3.9

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