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Technology Stocks : MRV Communications (MRVC) opinions?
MRVC 9.975-0.1%Aug 15 5:00 PM EST

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To: signist who wrote (6439)12/14/1997 9:06:00 PM
From: Dan Spillane  Read Replies (1) of 42804
 
Latest Japanese tankan survey shows capital spending plans for Japanese
manufacturing companies revised *upwards*...this is no doubt due to heavy
export demand courtesy currency ratios. Notice also the cap spending plans for
securities firms. Most importantly, compare the spending to 96-97 levels and
you can see cap spending is healthy going forward.

TABLE-BOJ tankan shows Japan firms plan more capex
Reuters, Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 19:23
TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Major Japanese manufacturing
companies plan a 9.9 percent increase in capital investment in
fiscal 1997/98, ending next March, following a 5.7 percent rise
in the previous year, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said in its
December "tankan" short-term corporate survey released on
Monday.
Forecasts for capital spending in 1997/98:
1997/98 1997/98 1996/97
latest previous result
forecast forecast
Major firms +4.1 +4.6 +4.0
Manufacturers +9.9 +8.9 +5.7
Non-manufacturers +1.3 +2.5 +3.2
Small firms -6.7 -8.6 +3.5
Manufacturers +3.4 +0.1 +2.2
Non-manufacturers -11.0 -12.3 +4.1
Financial (195 firms) +5.2 +7.2 -11.2
Banking (145 firms) +3.4 +6.1 -3.6
Securities (25 firms) +92.7 +63.7 +5.4
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