Risk of Economic Deterioration Due to Geopolitical Factors
First written in FY2024. 2 of 4 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2026.
Aichi Financial Group moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2024).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 45 of 80 companies on the "Worse" side.
49 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「The economic outlook is expected to remain uncertain, as the economy may be weighed down by higher prices for crude oil and other commodities resulting from heightened tensions in the Middle East, as well as restrictions on the supply of raw materials caused by disruptions to logistics.」
With respect to geopolitical risks, the group identified heightened tensions in the Middle East, higher crude oil prices, logistics disruptions and constraints on raw-material supplies, in addition to the previously cited situation in Ukraine and other factors, as factors affecting the outlook. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Although concerns arose about downside risks to the economy from US trade policy, particularly in the automotive industry,」
The group continues to identify downside risks to the economy from US trade policy as an economic condition during the interim consolidated accounting period. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Economic conditions remain increasingly uncertain, owing to concerns about slower growth in overseas economies and a resurgence of inflation, changes in US trade policy and geopolitical risks.」
In addition to the previously disclosed geopolitical factors, the group explicitly identified uncertainty in the economic environment, including slower overseas growth, a resurgence of inflation and changes in US trade policy. - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「Factors that may materially affect operating performance include a sharp rise in interest rates resulting from changes in domestic and overseas monetary policy, increasingly intense competition among banks as financial institutions from other prefectures expand their branch networks in the region, and the possibility that geopolitical factors, including the situation in Ukraine, may adversely affect steady economic progress.」
The group explicitly identified the possibility that geopolitical factors, including the situation in Ukraine, may adversely affect economic activity as a factor affecting operating performance.