MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan April CGPI

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following is the median forecast from MNI's economist

survey for key Japanese data due in the coming week.

Date           JST/GMT   Data   Month   Median          Previous

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Thu, May 16  0850/2350   CGPI     Apr      1.2  % y/y        1.3

Thu, May 16  0850/2350   CGPI     Apr      0.2  % m/m        0.3

Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)

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                                         Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                   1.2           0.2

High Forecast                                     1.7           0.4

Low Forecast                                      0.4          -0.5

Previous Month                                    1.3           0.3

Standard Deviation                                0.3           0.3

No. of Responses                                   12            11

                                         Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Nomura Securities                                 1.7           N/A

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  1.3           0.4

Hamagin Research Institute                        1.2           0.3

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                    1.2           0.3

NLI Research Institute                            1.2           0.3

Norinchukin Research Institute                    1.2           0.3

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  1.1           0.2

Japan Research Institute                          1.0           0.1

Mizuho Research Institute                         1.0           0.1

BNP Paribas                                       0.9           0.0

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting            0.9           0.0

Daiwa Institute of Research                       0.4          -0.5

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