21.   There is as yet no clear consensus that the budding economic recovery can flourish on its own, and the tankan survey results did little to resolve the debate.

22.   There is no reason to sell until the release of the quarterly tankan survey of business confidence, he said.

23.   This tankan survey was conducted in November and asked executives about business conditions in the October-December quarter, as well as the first quarter next year.

24.   Yoshizawa also allegedly passed on information about the Tankan survey.

25.   In currency trading, the dollar fell after the surprisingly strong Tankan survey.

26.   The dollar slipped from earlier highs as traders sold after the release of the tankan survey, traders said.

27.   THE Japanese yen rose last week against the ringgit despite news of the pessimistic tankan survey.

28.   The Tankan survey also spurred a rally in Japanese government bonds, which become more attractive to investors in a low-interest rate environment.

29.   The Tankan survey marks the difference between the percentage of companies who say the economy is improving against those who say it is worsening.

30.   The tankan survey measures the percentage of firms seeing business conditions improve minus the percentage seeing conditions worsen.