Employment Adjustment

  Ratio of establishment for employment adjustment enforced. Judgement on overs and shorts of Regular staff, etc D.I.
All industries Manufacturing All industries Manufacturing
    % % points points
2020 Aug 49 64 21 4
  Nov 44 55 25 13
2021 Feb 34 45 27 21
  May 33 37 28 25
  Aug 32 36 29 28
  Nov 29 35 33 32
2022 Feb 27 33 39 42
  May 28 31 37 37
  Aug 28 32 41 43
  Nov 26 31 44 44
2023 Feb 25 29 46 46
  May 25 28 44 42
  Aug 25 26 45 44
  Nov 24 27 46 44
2024 Feb 29 34 51 47
  May 27 33 45 43
  Aug 29 29 46 41
  Nov 29 31 46 40
2025 Feb (23) (27)    
  May (20) (23)    
Source MHLW "Survey on Labour Economy Trend"
NOTES:
D.I. The number of establishments with too few workers minus the number of establishments with too many workers.  
 ( ) Forecast
Bar graph. See the table above for bar graph data. "Judgement on availability of workers D.I. Regular Employees"