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World/Sentiment/Japan

Sentiment

Japan — sentiment

Two reads side by side: the OBSERVED OECD Consumer Confidence survey (how people feel) and the soft-vs-hard DIVERGENCE against the derived macro fundamentals (what the data says). Observed values are real and sourced; the divergence is a transparent comparison of two disclosed scores — never a forecast, and an absent series is shown honestly.

How to read this:Observeda real measured value from a named source.Derivedcomputed by Predictonomy from observed series using a reproducible method.AI readan AI interpretation of already-computed figures. Opinion, not a new data point.

By aspect

Composite + macro dimensions

The derived sentiment composite and the aspects driving it (growth, inflation, labour, fiscal, external). GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}?include=dimensions.

Composite sentiment · derived
+0.16balancedWatch

Macro stress 42/100 · sentiment scale −1 (stressed) … +1 (supportive) · ⓘ How this score works

Confidence: High
As of 2025-12-31
By aspect — Japan’s macro dimensions
GrowthWatch
+0.24balanced

Stress 38/100 · as of 2025-12-31

Momentum

Sentiment trajectory

Derived sentiment recomputed per year of held macro history — the direction of travel, not a forecast. GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}/history.

Sentiment trajectory · 1961–2025
+0.06Deteriorating

Derived sentiment, −1 (stressed) … +1 (supportive)

Outlook

Forward sentiment · 2026

The sentiment composite projected from the prediction engine's baseline forecasts — a projection, not observed. GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}?include=forecast.

Outlook · 2026 · projection
+0.08balancedWatch

Projected macro stress 46/100

Change vs now

−0.08 sentiment

+4 stress

GrowthWatch

Projected 1.46 · stress 42/100

InflationWatch

Projected 3.35 · stress 41/100

LabourNormal

Survey vs fundamentals

Survey + divergence

Need it as JSON? GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}/survey and /divergence.

Survey heldledger 51018ed

Japan: consumer confidence is 97.84521 (below-trend pessimism); soft vs hard sentiment is divergent — confidence behind fundamentals.

Consumer confidence (survey)

Observed
OECD Consumer Confidence Index
97.85

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Inflation
Watch
+0.06balanced

Stress 47/100 · as of 2025-12-31

LabourNormal
+0.70supportive

Stress 15/100 · as of 2025-12-31

Debt / fiscalStressed
−0.74stressed

Stress 87/100 · as of 2025-12-31

ExternalNormal
+0.74supportive

Stress 13/100 · as of 2025-12-31

Each aspect is a single macro-pressure driver — a narrow proxy, not a multi-signal sector model.

Span change

−0.36

Latest step

+0.09

Years

65

Confidence

High

AI read

Projected 2.37 · stress 22/100

Debt / fiscalStressed

Projected 208.08 · stress 95/100

ExternalNormal

Projected 4.99 · stress 20/100

Projection · not observedDerived from the prediction engine’s baseline projections for 5/5 drivers · High confidence.
AI read

OECD SDMX API

Below-trend pessimismvs 100 long-run trend
MoM ▲+0.043m ▼−0.4YoY ▼−0.13

Consumer confidence in Japan is 97.85 — below the 100 long-run trend (below-trend pessimism) and falling.

Soft vs hard divergence

Derived
DivergentConfidence behind fundamentalsconf high
Soft (survey)
-0.43

CCI 97.85 · pessimistic

Hard (macro)
+0.16

balanced · pressure 42

Gap (soft − hard)
-0.59

>0 = confidence ahead

DIVERGENCE for Japan: consumers are gloomier than the macro fundamentals justify (confidence lagging behind the hard data).

Machine-readable: GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/JPN/survey · /divergence · Full brief → · API docs