Business Conditions Index: June 2026 Flash Report Revisions
Overview
This guide compiles notices, revision materials, series data, flash reports, criteria for judging underlying trends, comparison materials for seasonal adjustment models, past overviews, and contact information concerning the Cabinet Office’s Business Conditions Index. On August 25, 2026, the revision status from the June 2026 flash report and various series were updated.
Key points
- This guide compiles published materials concerning the Business Conditions Index.
- Materials on revisions, series, and flash reports are posted.
- You can check the figures after the 13th revision and past overviews.
- The Economic and Social Research Institute’s Economic Statistics Division of the Cabinet Office is listed as the contact point.
Overview
This guide posts notices, revisions, series, flash reports, criteria for judging underlying trends, comparisons of old and new seasonal adjustment models, a list of past overviews, and contact information concerning the Business Conditions Index. It is organized so that materials concerning the Business Conditions Index can be checked separately as current information and past materials.
The notices state that the 22nd Business Conditions Index Research Committee meeting was held on July 23, 2026, and that materials on changes to the base year for the CI and other matters concerning the Business Conditions Index were posted on June 26, 2023. In addition, figures after the 13th revision have been used since the January 2021 flash report.
As the latest updates, revisions and series were posted on August 25, 2026, and the June 2026 flash report was posted on August 7, 2026. The guide also states that a consumer sentiment questionnaire is being conducted on a trial basis.
Details
The revisions include the revision status from the June 2026 flash report and revision materials. The series include long-term series, long-term series consisting of the CI index, DI index, and cumulative DI index, figures for individual series, and the contributions of individual series to the CI index. The figures and contributions for individual series are each divided into leading series, coincident series, and lagging series.
The flash report section posts an overview and flash report materials for the June 2026 flash report. The criteria for judging underlying trends are dated May 12, 2026. Materials for the comparison of old and new seasonal adjustment models include L10 Investment Climate Index (Manufacturing) and Lg5 Corporate Tax Revenue, posted on March 9, 2026, and C4 Labor Input Index (Total Surveyed Industries), posted on March 25, 2026.
Under “Past Overviews,” materials are posted as “Past Overview (13th Revision),” covering overviews, flash report materials, and revisions from January through May 2026. For 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, you can check monthly overviews, flash report materials, and revisions for each month from January through December.
The contact point is the Economic Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office. The telephone number is 03-6257-1627 (direct line), and the guide states, “Please contact us here with inquiries about the Business Conditions Index.”