(Click on for main story) TOKYO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturers’ confidence rose to a more than 3-1/2 year high in August, the Reuters Tankan poll found, as export-reliant firms benefited from a recovery of global demand. The Reuters Tankan index readings are derived by subtracting the percentage of respondents who say conditions are poor from those who say they are good. A negative reading means that pessimists outnumber optimists. Following is a table of indexes for key sectors and a comparison with the Bank of Japan’s quarterly tankan survey: 2021 NOV (f’cast) AUG JUL JUN MAY APR MAR =============================================================== MANUFACTURERS (+31) +33 +25 +22 +21 +13 +6 --------------------------------------------------------------- (Materials) (+32) +34 +18 +13 +14 +4 0 - Textiles/paper (-9) 0 -17 -25 -25 -17 -42 - Chemicals (+56) +72 +44 +53 +53 +32 +33 - Oil refinery/ceramics (+44) +33 +22 +13 +17 +14 +17 - Steel/nonferrous metals (+22) 0 +9 -25 -9 -30 -20 (Manufactured products) (+30) +31 +29 +27 +24 +18 +10 - Food (0) 0 +9 0 0 0 0 - Metal products/machinery (+42) +53 +43 +45 +34 +15 +9 - Electric machinery (+28) +28 +19 +35 +37 +21 +15 - Autos/transport equipment(+42) +34 +46 +30 +16 +30 +16 - Precision machinery/others(+23) +16 +17 +12 +15 +17 +6 =============================================================== NON-MANUFACTURERS (+13) +5 -3 0 +2 -3 -5 --------------------------------------------------------------- - Real estate/construction (+9) +5 +5 0 0 +4 +5 - Retail/wholesale (+12) +9 0 -5 -6 -3 -6 - Wholesalers (+18) +6 +6 +5 -5 -5 -26 - Retailers (+6) +11 -5 -22 -9 0 +23 - Information/communications(+40) +27 +36 +60 +60 +64 +42 - Transport/utility (+19) +10 0 +5 +12 -21 -10 - Other services (0) -15 -32 -25 -19 -27 -35 =============================================================== *** COMPARISON WITH BANK OF JAPAN TANKAN *** =============================================================== MANUFACTURERS NON-MANUFACTURERS RTRS BOJ RTRS BOJ --------------------------------------------------------------- NOV 2021 (forecast) (+31) - (+13) - OCT - - - - SEPT - (+13) - (+3) AUG +33 - +5 - JULY +25 - -3 - JUNE +22 +14 0 +1 MAY +21 - +2 - APR +13 - -3 - MAR +6 +5 -5 -1 FEB +3 - -7 - JAN -1 - -11 - DEC 2020 -9 -10 -4 -5 NOV -13 - -13 - OCT -26 - -16 - SEP -29 -27 -18 -12 AUG -33 - -23 - JULY -44 - -26 - JUNE -46 -34 -32 -17 MAY -44 - -36 - APRIL -30 - -23 - MARCH -20 -8 -10 +8 FEB -5 - +15 - JAN -6 - +14 - DEC 2019 -6 0 +14 +20 NOV -9 - +12 - OCT -5 - +25 - SEP -7 +5 +19 +21 AUG -4 - +13 - JULY +3 - +25 - JUNE +6 +7 +22 +23 MAY +12 - +27 - APRIL +8 - +24 - MARCH +10 +12 +22 +21 FEB +13 - +22 - JAN +18 - +31 - DEC 2018 +23 +19 +31 +24 NOV +26 - +30 - OCT +28 - +24 - SEPT +26 +19 +33 +22 AUG +30 - +25 - JULY +25 - +34 - JUNE +26 +21 +35 +24 MAY +22 - +39 - APRIL +21 - +36 - MARCH +28 +24 +35 +23 FEB +29 - +33 - JAN +35 - +33 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Sam Holmes) Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.