MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan August Machinery Orders, September CGPI

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the MNI economist survey median forecasts

for key Japanese data due in this week.

Date           JST/GMT  Data  Month  Median         Previous

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Thu, Oct 11  0850/2350  CGPI    Sep     3.0  % y/y       3.0

Thu, Oct 11  0850/2350  CGPI    Sep     0.2  % m/m       0.0

Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)

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                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                  3.0           0.2

High Forecast                                    3.2           0.5

Low Forecast                                     2.5          -0.2

Previous Month                                   3.0           0.0

Standard Deviation                               0.2           0.2

No. of Responses                                  12            11

                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Norinchukin Research Institute                   3.2           0.5

Nomura Securities                                3.1            na

Mizuho Research Institute                        3.0           0.3

NLI Research Institute                           3.0           0.3

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 3.0           0.3

Japan Research Institute                         3.0           0.2

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 2.9           0.2

Daiwa Institute of Research                      2.9           0.2

Hamagin Research Institute                       2.9           0.1

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   2.9           0.1

BNP Paribas                                      2.8           0.1

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           2.5          -0.2

--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com

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