<公共投資>  国、県などで減少したことから、2月の公共工事請負金額は前年同月に比べて21.4%減少した。工事出来高ベースでは、緩やかに持ち直している。

<住宅投資> 貸家などが前年を下回ったことから、1月の新設住宅着工戸数は前年同月に比べて30.2%減少した。

<設備投資> 4年12月短観(県内)の設備投資計画によると、本年度は製造業が前年度比73.9%の大幅増、非製造業が同7.4%の緩やかな伸びを見込んでいるため、全産業では同56.4%増加し、2年連続で前年を上回る計画。

<生産> 主力の電子部品・デバイスは品目ごとにばらつきを伴い、全体としては増加のペースがやや鈍化している。食料品は増加、汎用・業務用機械は堅調推移、生産用機械は供給制約の影響などが続いて弱含み。

<雇用・所得> 1月の有効求人倍率は1.49倍で、横ばい圏内推移。きまって支給する給与、特別給与がともに前年を下回ったことから、前年12月の現金給与総額は前年同月比3.4%の減少。常用雇用指数が前年を上回ったものの、現金給与総額が前年を下回ったため、同月の雇用者所得は前年比減。 (午後3時半)

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The Bank of Japan's Akita branch released the financial and economic overview for March in the prefecture on the 17th. Regarding the local economy, it stated that it is "recovering," and maintained the individual judgments for all six items: personal consumption, public investment, housing investment, equipment investment, production, and employment/income, which were the same as the previous month.

<Personal Consumption> Although a decrease in the number of visitors to stores was observed, including large retail store sales, convenience store sales, and drug store sales, the impact of price increases resulted in an increase. Home center sales remained in a horizontal trend, while household appliance sales have stopped decreasing. The sale of passenger cars is showing weak movement due to a slowdown in orders in some areas and continued supply constraints. Service consumption is recovering mainly in accommodation, aided by the effect of events.

<Public Investment> As there was a decrease in national and prefectural public works, the amount of public construction contracts in February decreased by 21.4% compared to the same month of the previous year. In terms of construction volume, it is gradually recovering.

<Housing Investment> The number of new housing construction starts in January decreased by 30.2% compared to the same month of the previous year due to a decline in rented houses and others.

<Equipment Investment> According to the Equipment Investment Plan of the December 4 Short-term Economic Survey (in the prefecture), the manufacturing industry expects a significant increase of 73.9% compared to the previous year, and the non-manufacturing industry expects a moderate growth of 7.4%, resulting in an overall increase of 56.4% across all industries. This is a plan to surpass the previous year for the second consecutive year.

<Production> Electronic components/devices, the mainstay, are increasing at a slightly slower pace, accompanied by variations in each item. Food is increasing, general and business machines are performing well, and production machinery is weak due to supply constraints.

<Employment/Income> The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in January remained in a horizontal trend at 1.49 times. Both regular pay and special pay were lower than the previous year, resulting in a 3.4% decrease in total cash earnings in December of the previous year compared to the same month of the previous year. Although the regular employment index exceeded the previous year, due to the decrease in total cash earnings, the employee income in the same month decreased compared to the previous year. (3:30 p.m.)