Business sentiment at major companies remained negative in the January-March period but is expected to improve in the next two quarters, according to a Finance Ministry survey released Wednesday.
The ministry’s business sentiment index for firms capitalized at 1 billion yen or more worsened to minus 6.8 in the January-March period from 5.9 in the October-December quarter, logging the first deterioration in five quarters.
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