How Japanese measure the Abenomics effect
Here’s an interesting survey from goo Ranking, looking at what people use as their own barometer of an improving economy.
Demographics
Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
As I work for a company that is a bit, err, under the weather, shall we say, I suppose any barometer I have would be rather pessimistic one, so I shall not share. However, for the second number 3, our employee trips got cancelled last year, not that I personally miss them, but that’s another story!
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