Price Trend Survey – published on Nikkei MJ

In a survey of food and daily necessities manufacturers conducted between October and November, 51% of companies expressed an intention to raise prices over the next year, 11 percentage point decrease from the previous survey conducted between July and August. While the rate for food companies was 48%, more than 10 points lower than the previous survey, for daily necessities companies it was 17 points higher than the previous survey, with 50% of companies expressing an intention to raise prices.